Strong's Lexicon

H2013

H2013 — הָסָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewhacahinjunctionOccurrences: 8TWOT: 511

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2013
Word:	הָסָה
Part of Speech:	injunction
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	hacah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	haw-saw'
Meaning:	1. to hush
KJV Renderings:	hold peace (tongue), (keep) silence, be silent, still.

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הַס, הָ֑ס interjection hush! keep silence (probably onomatopoetic) Judg 3:19 and he said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king, וַיּאֹמֶר הָ֔ס and he said, Keep silence! Amos 6:10 וְאָמַר הָ֔ס (while burying men in a pestilence), Amos 8:3 (elliptical) in every place: הִשְׁלִיךְ הָֽס they cast them (the corpses) forth, (saying) Hysh ! followed by ׳ (מִפָּנָיו) מִפְּנֵי י Hab 2:20; Zeph 1:7; Zech 2:17. Inflected, as though a verb, Imperative plural הַ֔סּוּ Neh 8:11 (Ges compares Arabic [untranscribed source text 1335] [= הֲלֹם] hither! inflected as an imperative, e.g. [untranscribed source text 1336], [untranscribed source text 1337]: W^{AG i. § 368}). Hence as denominative

Hiph`il Imperfect with apocope וַיַּ֫הַס Num 13:30 and Caleb stilled the people.

הֲפֻגָה see below פוג.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הס (hăh-sāh’)

Judges 8:19

KJV: And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

EHCC: who said, Keep silence.

Nehemiah 8:11

KJV: So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

EHCC: saying, Hold your peace,

Amos 6:10

KJV: And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.we…: or, they will not, or, have not

EHCC: Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue =

Habakkuk 2:20

KJV: But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.let…: Heb. be silent all the earth before him

EHCC: let all the earth heep silence (marg. be silent)

Zephaniah 1:7

KJV: Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared

EHCC: Hold thy peace at the presence

Zechariah 2:13

KJV: Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.his…: Heb. the habitation of his holiness

EHCC: (17). Be silent, O all flesh,

Numbers 13:30

KJV: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

EHCC: And Caleb stilled the people