wəḳáwf - to fall silent, to keep quiet (ML 427)

As argued by M. Bittner (1911:81) and W. Leslau, Proto-MSA *wḳf ‘to be silent’ is likely related to Arb. wqf ‘to become still, to stop, to stand’. See further DRS 609. Any connection with Akk. ḳâpu ‘to buckle, to collapse’? (Kogan 2015:576)