Shoket el shmarav (שוקט אל שמריו) means to stagnate in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁקֵט אֶל שְׁמָרָיו
shoket el shmarav
verb
In English
to stagnate
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shoket el shmarav.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדיש, שאנן, שלו, נינוח.
שַׁאֲנַן מוֹאָב מִנְּעוּרָיו, וְשֹׁקֵט הוּא אֶל-שְׁמָרָיו, וְלֹא-הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶל-כֶּלִי, וּבַגּוֹלָה לֹא הָלָךְ; עַל-כֵּן, עָמַד טַעְמוֹ בּוֹ, וְרֵיחוֹ, לֹא נָמָר.
- 2אדם שנרתע מחידושים ומעדיף שלא להתאים את עצמו לעולם המשתנה, נשאר מאחור בלי להתקדם הלאה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shoket el shmarav is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁקֵט אֶל שְׁמָרָיו
- Written without vowel points
- שוקט אל שמריו
- Said
- shoket el shmarav
- Feminine form
- שׁוֹקֶטֶת אֶל שְׁמָרֵיהָ ר' שׁוֹקְטִים אֶל שְׁמָרֵיהֶם
- Inflections
- נ' שׁוֹקֶטֶת אֶל שְׁמָרֵיהָ ר' שׁוֹקְטִים אֶל שְׁמָרֵיהֶם
- Gematria
- 1,002
This is how Shoket el shmarav is said in other languages.
- English
- to stagnate
These words mean the opposite of Shoket el shmarav.
- מודאג
- מסתגל
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These words come before and after Shoket el shmarav in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shoket el shmarav.
What does Shoket el shmarav (שוקט אל שמריו) mean in Hebrew?
Shoket el shmarav (שוקט אל שמריו) means to stagnate. It is said shoket el shmarav, with the stress on ket.
What is the opposite of Shoket el shmarav (שוקט אל שמריו)?
Words that mean the opposite of Shoket el shmarav (שוקט אל שמריו) are מודאג and מסתגל.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שוקט אל שמריו of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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