Hebrew word · H8253
שֶׁ֫קֶט
vasheket
quietness
Quietness or tranquility, meaning freedom from disturbance. The noun occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible.
Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
quiet, tranquillity, quietness
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of 1 Chronicles 22:9
- Range of meaning
Quietness or tranquility, meaning freedom from disturbance. The noun occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible. Its verb shaqat means 'to be quiet, undisturbed,' and is used for a land at peace after a deliverer's victory (Judges 3:11, 30; 5:31; 8:28), for undisturbed populations (Judges 18:7, 27), and for calm (Isa 30:15, 'in quietness and trust').
- Against the English
'Quiet/quietness' in KJV, BSB and WEB is fine, as long as readers hear 'undisturbed by invasion' and not silence or a mood.
- Used elsewhere in the period
The pairing with shalom matches Chronicles' recurring summary 'the land was quiet' (2 Chr 14:1, 5; 20:30, using the verb shaqat) for reigns blessed with relief from war. The Septuagint renders it hēsychia, 'stillness.'
Where it appears
1 Chronicles · 1
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1 Chronicles 22:9 וָשֶׁ֛קֶט and quietness
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
Here: 'And quiet.' The noun appears only here in the Bible. Its verb describes a land left undisturbed by war ('the land had quiet forty years,' Judges 3:11).
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