{"id":9003,"date":"2026-04-15T11:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/answers\/davai-teper-yz-byblyy-yz-etykh-tozhe-tekstov-ety-slova-pro-pokoi-v-oryhynale-y-n\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:20:34","slug":"kakye-slova-pokoi-yspolzuiutsia-v-psalmakh-v-oryhynalnom-evreiskom-tekste","status":"publish","type":"answers","link":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/answers\/kakye-slova-pokoi-yspolzuiutsia-v-psalmakh-v-oryhynalnom-evreiskom-tekste\/","title":{"rendered":"What Hebrew words for \u201crest\u201d are used in the Psalms, and what do they mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>When we read \u201crest in the Lord\u201d or \u201cmy soul has rested,\u201d we often do not realize what a richness of meanings stands behind these words in the Hebrew original.<\/b> The psalmists had different words for different shades of rest\u2014and each of them is worth reflecting on.<\/p>\n<h2>\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 (dumiyyah) \u2014 quiet stillness before God<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTruly my soul waits silently for God; from Him comes my salvation.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+62:1&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 62:1<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Dumiyyah<\/i> \u2014 is not merely the absence of noise. It is <b>conscious, deliberate silence before God<\/b>, which implies full concentration. David did not merely \u201cpause\u201d\u2014he intentionally chose God as his only point of support.<\/p>\n<h2>\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05e7\u05b7\u05d8 (shaqat) \u2014 outward calm and safety<\/h2>\n<p><i>Shaqat<\/i> describes the condition of a land or a people when there is no enemy or threat around. In the Psalms this is an image: when God is protection, then outward storms no longer dictate the inner condition.<\/p>\n<h2>\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4 (menucha) \u2014 a place of rest<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.\u201d <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+23:2&amp;version=UKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 23:2<\/a><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Menucha<\/i> \u2014 not simply a state, but <b>a place of rest<\/b>. \u201cStill waters\u201d (literally: \u201cwaters of menucha\u201d)\u2014the place where the soul can be restored. Sabbath rest in Scripture is also described by this word: God \u201crested\u201d (<i>nuach<\/i>) from all His works.<\/p>\n<h2>\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7 (nuach) \u2014 to rest, to stop from labor<\/h2>\n<p><i>Nuach<\/i> \u2014 the root word from which <i>menucha<\/i>comes. In it is the idea of <b>the completion of effort and entering into God\u2019s gift<\/b>. This very word is used in Exodus 20:11 about the Sabbath: \u201cand God rested on the seventh day.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Practical meaning<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Dumiyyah<\/i> \u2014 is prayerful silence: learn to stop and listen.<\/li>\n<li><i>Menucha<\/i> \u2014 the Sabbath: God gave not only a commandment, but also a place for restoration.<\/li>\n<li>Together these words show that biblical rest is <b>not passivity, but trusting activity in God<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The psalmists knew that true rest is not the absence of difficulties, but the presence of God, in whom the soul finally stops looking for support anywhere else.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"faq_question":"\u041a\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u00ab\u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0439\u00bb \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u044e\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u041f\u0441\u0430\u043b\u043c\u0430\u0445 \u0432 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0435\u0432\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0435?","bible_refs":"\u041f\u0441\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c 61:2, \u041f\u0441\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c 130:2, \u041f\u0441\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c 22:2, \u041f\u0441\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c 45:11, \u041f\u0441\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c 4:9, \u0411\u044b\u0442\u0438\u0435 2:2","answer_lang":"ru","source_question":"\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439 \u0442\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0440\u044c \u0438\u0437 \u0431\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0438 \u0438\u0437 \u044d\u0442\u0438\u0445 \u0442\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u044d\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0432 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c"},"answer_topic":[151],"class_list":["post-9003","answers","type-answers","status-publish","hentry","answer_topic-sabbath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers\/9003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/answers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"answer_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advent-ug.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/answer_topic?post=9003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}