שָׁקַט shâqaṭ — to repose (usually figurative)
Translated in the KJV as appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet, (be at, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
a primitive root; to repose (usually figurative).
shâqaṭ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 9Wayyiqtol 6Participle (active) 6Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Cohortative 2Jussive 1
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Hiph'il
Infinitive absolute 4Infinitive construct 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Imperative 1
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›