הַס
ha.sah
“to silence”
Definition
to hush
a primitive root;
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
הַס appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?”“None,” that person will answer.“Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
But the LORD is in His holy temple;let all the earth be silent before Him.
But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.”“Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
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