hasa · quiet, hush

What it means

hasa (הָסָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “quiet, hush”.

Make quiet, call for silence.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A command for everyone to be quiet; also to quiet the people.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Silence ×5
• Be still ×1
• Hush ×1
• quieted ×1

Where it appears

• Numbers×1
• Judges×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Amos×2
• Habakkuk×1
• Zephaniah×1
• Zechariah×1

• Numbers 13:30

  But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession of it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

• Judges 3:19

  But he himself turned back from the carved images that are at Gilgal and said, “I have a secret word for you, O king.” He said, “Silence!” And all who were standing by him went out from him.

• Nehemiah 8:11

  And the Levites were quieting all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; and do not be grieved.”

• Amos 6:10

  And his relative and the one who burns him will pick him up to bring out the bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” And he will say, “No one.” And he will say, “Hush! For we must not mention the name of YHWH.”

• Amos 8:3

  And the songs of the temple will wail on that day, declares Adonai YHWH; many will be the corpses; in every place they will be thrown out. Silence!”

• Habakkuk 2:20

  But YHWH is in his holy temple; silence before him, all the earth!”

• Zephaniah 1:7

  Silence before Adonai YHWH! For near is the day of YHWH; for YHWH has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.

• Zechariah 2:13

  Silence, all flesh, before YHWH! For he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.