מָהַהּ
ma.hah
“to delay”
Definition
properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
apparently a denominative from H4100 (מָה);
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Occurrences
מָהַהּ appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
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.
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.
If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
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.