na.chat denotes a state of settled quiet or rest, set against trouble, outcry, distress, and striving.

The attested use denotes settled quiet or rest: it is valued over trouble and striving, marks the setting for hearing wise words, is absent amid a foolish dispute, and is paired with trust and strength. In Job it also occurs in statements about rest in the dust and deliverance from distress, though the APB does not isolate its contribution in the latter clause.

1. Settled quiet or rest · dominant

   All supplied tokens are feminine singular nouns. In Ecclesiastes 4:6 the APB renders a handful with “quietness” as better than two handfuls with trouble and striving; in Ecclesiastes 9:17 wise words are heard “in quietness,” in contrast to a ruler’s outcry among fools. Isaiah 30:15 places the noun alongside returning, rest, and trust as the setting in which strength is found, while Proverbs 29:9 ends a wise man’s encounter with a fool with “there is no quietness.” Job 17:16 and Ecclesiastes 6:5 present the same broad state in clauses about rest, including rest together in the dust and comparative rest.

   Ecclesiastes 4:6Ecclesiastes 6:5Ecclesiastes 9:17Isaiah 30:15Job 17:16Proverbs 29:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the clause with “quietness” or “rest,” as in Ecclesiastes 4:6, Ecclesiastes 9:17, Isaiah 30:15, Ecclesiastes 6:5, and Job 17:16. In Job 36:16, the supplied English clause does not clearly isolate the noun’s contribution, so its specific APB rendering there remains uncertain.