- Original: הסה - Transliteration: Hacah - Phonetic: haw-saw' - Definition: interj 1. (Piel) hush, keep silence, be silent, hold peace, hold tongue, still v 2. (CLBL) to hush a. (Hiphil) to command to be silent - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 511 - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: A primitive root; to hush: - hold peace (tongue) (keep) silence be silent still. Total KJV Occurrences: 8 • peace, 2 Nehemiah 8:11; Zephaniah 1:7 • silence, 3 Judges 3:19; Amos 8:3; Habakkuk 2:20 • silent, 1 Zechariah 2:13 • stilled, 1 Numbers 13:30 • tongue, 1 Amos 6:10