חָרַשׁ
chârash · khaw-rash' · verb · “to be silent, be still”
Charasch heißt schweigen, still sein. „Seid still und erkennt, dass ich Gott bin“ klingt an dieses Verb an — ein Ruf, das ängstliche Tun zu lassen und zu vertrauen.
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Charash can mean to plow (work the field), to engrave (work on stone), and to be silent. The shared idea is quiet, focused work — or the stillness of attentive waiting.
Psalm 46:10’s call to “be still” is a closely related Hebrew word; charash gives the same kind of contemplative quiet. The Old Testament repeatedly invites God’s people into a silence that listens.
Definition: to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).