שָׁקַט
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8252
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
be quiet tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
שָׁקַט: vb. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be quiet, undisturbed (𝔗 שְׁקַט (rare); NH שׁקט is sink down; Arabic سَقَطَ is drop down);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְשׁ׳ Je 30:10; 46:27, 3 fs. שָֽׁקְטָה Jos 11:23 +, שָׁקָ֑טָה 2 K 11:20 +; 1 s. שָׁקַ֫טְתִּי Jb 3:26, וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫י Ez 16:42; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁקֹט Ru 3:18; 2 fs. תְּשְׁקֹ֑טִי Je 47:6, 7; 1 s. אֶשְׁקוֹט Is 62:1; Jb 3:13, אשׁקוטה Is 18:4 Kt, Qr אֶשָׁקֳטָה (Ges§§ 10h, 48c); Pt. שֹׁקֵט Ju 18:7 +, fs. שֹׁקֶ֫טֶת 1 Ch 4:40, שֹׁקָ֑טֶת Zc 1:11; pl. הַשֹּׁקְטִים Ez 38:11;—be quiet, undisturbed: of land, at peace, abs. Ju 3:11, 30; 5:31; 8:28; Is 14:7 (+ נָ֫חָה), 2 Ch 13:23; 14:5; + מִמִּלְחָמָה Jos 11:23; 14:15 (D?), cf. v 5 (P); וּשְׁלֵוָה וְשׁ׳ 1 Ch 4:40; of earth ψ 76:9 Zc 1:11 (ישֶׁבֶת ושׁ׳); abs. of city 2 K 11:20 = 2 Ch 23:21, kingdom 2 Ch 20:30, + לִפְנֵי pers. 14:4; of people, שׁ׳ וּבֹטֵחַ in peace and security Ju 18:7, 27, הַשֹּׁקְטִים ישְׁבֵי לָבֶ֑טַח Ez 38:11; + שַׁאֲנַן Je 30:10 = 46:27; of Moab, שַׁאֲנַן … וְשֹׁקִט אֶל־שְׁמָרָיו 48:11 undisturbed upon its less (fig. of wine); of Job, quiet in death Jb 3:13, be at rest (from apprehensions of evil) v 26 (+ שָׁלַוְתִּי, נָחְ֑תִּי). be quiet, inactive: of י׳ + וְאַבִּיטָה Is 18:4 I will be quiet and gaze, i.e. gaze as an inactive spectator, ψ 83:2 (‖ דמה, חרשׁ be silent); = be pacified Ez 16:42; of sword of י׳ Je 47:6, 7; of Boaz Ru 3:18 he will not be quiet until he has finished the matter; of prophet Is 62:1 (‖ חָשָׁה be silent). Impf. 3 ms. יַשְׁקִיט Pr 15:18, יַשְׁקִט Jb 34:29; Imv. ms. הַשְׁקֵט Is 7:4; Inf. abs. חַשְׁקֵט Is 32:17 +; cstr. הַשְׁקִיט ψ 94:13, -קִט Jb 37:17, -קֵט Is 57:20; Je 49:23;— shew quietness (inner causat.), of men Is 7:4 (+ אַל־תִּירָא), of sea Is 57:20 = Je 49:23, earth Jb 37:17 (+ מִדָּרוֹם); hence Inf. abs. = subst., quietness, display of quietness Is 30:15, עֲבֹדַת הַצְּדָקָה הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶ֫טַח 32:17 the product of righteousness is quietness and security (Du CheHpt Marti del. הַצּ׳ as dittogr. from v a, read הַמִּשְׁפָּט for הַשְׁקֵט, and del. וָ: the product of justice is security); (presumptuous) security, שַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵט Ez 16:49 (of Sodom). cause quietness: subj. י׳ Jb 34:29, לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹ מִימֵי רָ֑ע ψ 94:13; pacify, allay, obj. רִיב Pr 15:18.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it was at peace (12); at peace (3); I am at peace (2).
In the verses
נָ֥חָה שָׁקְטָ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ פָּצְח֖וּ רִנָּֽה׃
Word for word: it.is.at.rest it.is.at.peace all the earth people.have.broken.forth a.shout.of.joy
JPS 1917: The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.
מִ֭שָּׁמַיִם הִשְׁמַ֣עְתָּ דִּ֑ין אֶ֖רֶץ יָֽרְאָ֣ה וְשָׁקָֽטָה׃
Word for word: from heaven you.proclaimed judgment [the].earth it.was.afraid and it.was.quiet
JPS 1917: Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
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