שָׁתַק (b. h.) to be quiet, silent. Keth. 14ᵇ ממזר וצווח חלל ושׁוֹתֵק one who cries (protests) when called a bastard, but keeps his peace when called a ḥalal (v. חָלָל II). Sabb. 33ᵇ יוסי שש׳ וכ׳ Jose, who kept silence (when the Roman government was criticised), shall be exiled to Sepphoris. Men. 72ᵃ הוי פקח ושְׁתוֹק be wise and keep thy peace. Gen. R. s. 51 שתיקה שש׳ לאברהם וכ׳ (God remembered to Lot) the silence which he observed towards Abraham when he said &c.; a. fr.
    Pi. - שִׁיתֵּק to cause to be silent, silence, stop. Tosef. Ḥag. II, 12 שִׁיתְּקוֹ בגערה he silenced him with a rebuke; Y. ib. II, 78ᵃ bot. ושִׁתְּקוֹ בנזיפה. Sabb. 67ᵇ המְשַׁתֶּקֶת (or המַשְׁתֶּקֶת Hif.), v. צָוַוח; Tosef. ib. VI (VII), 15 השׁוֹתֶקֶת. Ber. V, 3 האומר … מְשַׁתְּקִין אותו he who (in reading the prayers) says … modim modim (we offer thanks, twice) must be stopped (as suspected of heresy). Tanḥ. Aḥăré 9 בקש יהושע לשַׁתֵּק וכ׳ Joshua wanted to silence the sun (keep him from giving praise, ref. to Josh. X, 12); a. fr.—Esp. to deny the claim of, dismiss. Yeb. 100ᵇ מאי שתוקי … שמשתקים אותו מנכסי אביו in what respect is he considered a sh’thuḳi (v. שְׁתוּקִי)? Is it that we deny him a share in his father’s estate?; ib. משתקין אותו מדיני כהונה we deny him the privileges of priesthood (declare him a ḥalal); Keth. 13ᵇ מַשְׁתִּיקִין Hif.
    Nithpa. - נִשְׁתַּתֵּק 1) to stop speaking, close the argument. Gen. R. s. 49, end נ׳ הסניגור וכ׳ when the defense stops, the judge rises; עמד … נ׳ הסניגור when the judge rises, the defense is bound to stop; Yalk. ib. 84; a. e. —2) to become speechless, be struck dumb. Gitt. VII, 1 נ׳ ואמרו לו וכ׳ if a man has lost his speech, and they say to him, shall we write a letter of divorce &c.? Y. Snh. VI, beg. 23ᵇ; Bab. Snh. 43ᵃ; a. e.