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title: שָׁתַק — be quiet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁתַק (8367), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: be quiet. BDB 1906: vb. be quiet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁתַק

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«שָׁתַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be quiet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 8367 · **BDB:** שָׁתַק

### Glosses

it.becomes.quiet (1); it.will.be.quiet (1); that.it.will.be.quiet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be quiet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8367/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be quiet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8367/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be quiet (late) (NH id., be silent; Aramaic שְׁתַק, שְׁתֵיק, ܫܬܶܩ be quiet, silent (cf. also שׁקט));— Impf. 3 ms., of sea יִשְׁתֹּק הַיָּם Jon 1:11, 12 (sq. מֵעַל), of quarrel, strife Pr 26:20; 3 mpl. of persons at sea, יִשְׁתֹּ֑קוּ ψ 107:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁתַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8367/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.30/)

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וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ כִֽי־יִשְׁתֹּ֑קוּ וַ֝יַּנְחֵ֗ם אֶל־מְח֥וֹז חֶפְצָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.rejoiced (dm) they.were.quiet and he guided.them to the.harbor their.desire their

*JPS 1917:* Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.

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[Proverbs 26:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.20/)

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בְּאֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה־אֵ֑שׁ וּבְאֵ֥ין נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* with not wood(s) it.is.extinguished a.fire and when there.\[is\].not a.slanderer it.becomes.quiet strife

*JPS 1917:* Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

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