HebrewH4102Verb

מָהַהּ

ma.hah

9Occurrences
H4102Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant

apparently a denominative from H4100 (מָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Hithpalpel) to linger, tarry, wait, delay

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

מָהַהּ appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
2
Judges
2
2 Samuel
1
Exodus
1
Habakkuk
1
Isaiah
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 15:28BSB

See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

Exodus 12:39BSB

Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

Genesis 19:16BSB

But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

Genesis 43:10BSB

If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”

Habakkuk 2:3BSB

For the vision awaits an appointed time;it testifies of the end and does not lie.Though it lingers, wait for it,since it will surely come and will not delay.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.