sha.taq describes a disturbance becoming still, whether a stormy sea or a quarrel.

The attested use describes a movement from disturbance to stillness or cessation: the sea is expected to become calm in Jonah 1:11 and Jonah 1:12, while quarreling ceases in Proverbs 26:20 and quietness is described in Psalm 107:30.

1. becoming still as disturbance ceases · dominant

   The Qal imperfect singular form occurs where a tempestuous sea is expected to quiet down in Jonah 1:11 and to become quiet after Jonah is cast into it in Jonah 1:12; in each, the APB renders the sea becoming “quiet.” In Proverbs 26:20 the same form stands in the clause where, without a gossip, “quarreling ceases,” and Psalm 107:30 uses the Qal imperfect plural form where the APB says “they were quiet.”

   Jonah 1:11Jonah 1:12Proverbs 26:20Psalm 107:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through “quiet down,” “quiet,” “ceases,” and “were quiet.” These renderings confirm the clauses' movement from turmoil or conflict to quietness rather than fixing separate lexical senses.