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title: סָכַת — be silent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָכַת (5535), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be silent. BDB 1906: vb. be silent. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָכַת

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«סָכַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be silent** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5535 · **BDB:** סָכַת

### Glosses

keep.silent (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be silent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5535/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be silent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5535/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be silent (Arabic سَكَتَ id., Lane1389; Sam. ࠎࠊࠕ pay attention, cf. Thes; Arabic = also be quiet (in gen.), = Syriac ܫܟܰܬ, a differentiated √?);— declar. shew silence: Imv. ms. תַסְכֵּת Dt 27:9 keep silence and listen (cf. נִסְכַּת Ecclus 13:23).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָכַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5535/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 27:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.9/)

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וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶ֥ל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הַסְכֵּ֤ת ׀ וּשְׁמַע֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ לְעָ֔ם לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.spoke Moses and the priests the Levites to all Israel (cmp) keep.silent and listen O.Israel the day (the) this you.have.become (into).a people of Yahweh God your

*JPS 1917:* And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence, and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people unto the LORD thy God.

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