H2814. chashah
[חָשָׁה] verb be silent, inactive, still (chiefly in poetry and late) (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic in derivatives) —
Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תֶּחֱשֶׁה [Psa 28:1]; [Isa 64:11]; אֶחֱשֶׁה [62:1]; [65:6]; יֶחֱשׁוּ [62:6]; וַיֶּחֱשׁוּ [Psa 107:29]; — be silent [Eccl 3:7] (opposed to לְדַבֵּר); [Isa 62:1], [6] (= neglect to speak); of ׳י i.e. be unresponsive [Psa 28:1] (|| חרשׁ); [Isa 64:11] (|| הִתְאַמַּק); but [65:6] of ׳י's keeping silence at iniquity, i.e. overlooking it (compare [57:11] Hiph`il); of waves, be still [Psa 107:29] (subject גַּלֵּיהֶם).
Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי [Psa 39:3]; [Isa 42:14]; Imperative הֶחֱשׁוּ [2Kin 2:3], [5]; Participle מַחְשֶׁה [Isa 57:11]; plural מַחְשִׁים [Judg 18:9] [3]t.; —
1 exhibit silence, be silent [2Kin 2:3], [5]; [7:9]; [Psa 39:3] (followed by מִטּוֺב, || נֶאֱלַמְתִּי), figurative [Isa 42:14] (|| אחרישׁ); of ׳י's being silent at iniquity [57:11] (i.e. overlooking it, compare Qal [65:5]), possibly also is be silent, opposed to rescue, Ges Che Di Du.
2 shew inactivity [Judg 18:9], ׳הח מִקַּחַת [1Kin 22:3] Gilead is ours, and we shew inactivity so as not to take it.
3 causat. make still, quiet, followed by לְ, of direct object [Neh 8:11] (v:b הַסּוּ q. v.)
חֻשָם חֻשִׁים, see above.