שָׁתַק shâthaq — to subside
Translated in the KJV as be calm, cease, be quiet.
a primitive root; to subside.
shâthaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4
יִשְׁתֹּ֑קוּ Ps 107:30 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק Prov 26:20 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק Jonah 1:11 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
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 ›