הָסָהhâçâh

hush! keep silence

Pronunciation: haw-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2013

Meanings

Hiph`il: stilled (Numbers 13:30)

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 13:30 But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”
  • Judges 3:19 But when Ehud reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He came to Eglon and said, “I have a secret message for you.” So the king commanded his servants, “Be quiet!” and he sent them all out of the room.
  • Nehemiah 8:11 And the Levites, too, quieted the people, telling them, “Hush! Don’t weep! For this is a sacred day.”
  • Amos 6:10 And when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by . . . ,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don’t even mention the name of the Lord.”)
  • Amos 8:3 In that day the singing in the temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
  • Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).