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# stillness

noun (stillness, uncountable)

«stillness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stillness is being completely still, with no movement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#m1)
2. Stillness is being quiet and calm, with no noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and poems, stillness describes a calm night, a frozen lake or the silence before something happens. In everyday life and mindfulness lessons, children practise moments of stillness to feel calm. Phrases: «the stillness of the night», «in the stillness».

### Examples

- The stillness of the forest was broken by a bird call. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#x1)
- In the stillness of the night, we heard an owl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#x2)
- The lake lay in perfect stillness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#x3)
- Let's sit in stillness for one minute and breathe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#x4)
- The hunter waited in total stillness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#x5)
- A shout broke the stillness of the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#x6)
- A sudden clamor of high-pitched voices broke the deadly stillness of the dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable noun: still + -ness. Keep both l's and the double s: «stillness». Stillness means both no movement and quiet. Do not confuse with «still» meaning «even now» («I am still hungry»).

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means quiet trust, waiting calmly for God to help instead of rushing about in fear.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read this psalm as teaching faith. The soul is silent and patient because it believes salvation comes only from God.

### Examples

- Only for God doth my soul wait in stillness; from Him cometh my salvation. (Writings PSA.62.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stillness/#x1)
- Only for God wait thou in stillness, my soul; for from Him cometh my hope. (Writings PSA.62.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stillness/#x2)

### Note

Uncountable noun: still + -ness. Keep both l's and the double s: «stillness». Stillness means both no movement and quiet. Do not confuse with «still» meaning «even now» («I am still hungry»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stillness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stillness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stillness.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «stillness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stillness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stillness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stillness.html) on Mova free.