Lexical Definition

‎חָשָׁה‎ châshâh (khaw-shaw') be silent ^H:V
a primitive root

hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.

• to hush or keep quiet

1) to be silent, quiet, still, inactive
1a) (Qal) to be silent, be still
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to be silent, exhibit silence
1b2) to show inactivity, be inactive
1b3) to make silent, make quiet, cause to be still

See Greek: ἡσυχάζω · σιγάω · σιωπάω · σπουδάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חָשָׁה‎] verb be silent, inactive, still (chiefly in poetry and late) (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic in derivatives) —

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תֶּחֱשֶׁה‎ Ps 28:1; Isa 64:11* ‎אֶחֱשֶׁה‎ Isa 62:1; Isa 65:6 ‎יֶחֱשׁוּ‎ Isa 62:6 ‎וַיֶּחֱשׁוּ‎ Ps 107:29 — be silent Eccl 3:7 (opposed to ‎לְדַבֵּר‎); Isa 62:1; Isa 62:6 (= neglect to speak); of ‎׳‎‎י‎ i.e. be unresponsive Ps 28:1 (|| ‎חרשׁ‎); Isa 64:11* (|| ‎הִתְאַפַּק‎); but Isa 65:6 of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s keeping silence at iniquity, i.e. overlooking it (compare Isa 57:11 Hiph`il); of waves, be still Ps 107:29 (subject ‎גַּלֵּיהֶם‎). Hiph`il Perfect ‎הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי‎ Ps 39:3*; Isa 42:14 Imperative ‎הֶחֱשׁוּ‎ 2Kgs 2:3; 2Kgs 2:5 Participle ‎מַחְשֶׁה‎ Isa 57:11 plural ‎מַחְשִׁים‎ Judg 18:9 + 3 t.; —

1. exhibit silence, be silent 2Kgs 2:3; 2Kgs 2:5; 2Kgs 7:9; Ps 39:3* (followed by ‎מִטּוֺב‎, || ‎נֶאֱלַמְתִּי‎), figurative Isa 42:14 (|| ‎אחרישׁ‎); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s being silent at iniquity Isa 57:11 (i.e. overlooking it, compare Qal Isa 65:5), possibly also is be silent, opposed to rescue, Ges Che Di Du.

2. shew inactivity Judg 18:9, ‎מִקַּחַת‎ ‎׳‎‎הח‎ 1Kgs 22:3 Gilead is ours, and we shew inactivity so as not to take it.

3. causat. make still, quiet, followed by ‎לְ‎, of direct object Neh 8:11 (v:b ‎הַסּוּ‎ q. v.)

‎חֻשִׁים‎, ‎חֻשָם‎ see above.

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