Becker Bible Teacher Resources

a prim. root; to scratch, i.e. (by impl.) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); fig. to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by impl.) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness):—× 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.