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# חָכָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2442

**wait** — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

wait [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2442/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָכָה: vb. wait, await [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2442/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wait, await— Pt. pl. cstr. חוֹכֵי Is 30:18, with לְ waiting for him (י׳). חִכָּה Jb 32:4; חִכְּתָה ψ 33:20; חִכִּיתִי Is 8:17; חִכּוּ ψ 106:13; חִכִּינוּ 2 K 7:9; Impf. יְחַכֶּה Is 30:18; תְּחַכֶּה 2 K 9:3; Imv. חַכֵּה־ Hb 2:3; חַכּוּ Zp 3:8; Inf. cstr. כְּחַכֵּי Ho 6:9 (Ephraimit. for חַכֵּה?); Pt. מְחַכֶּה Dn 12:12; cstr. מְחַכֵּה Is 64:3; pl. מְחַכִּים Jb 3:21;— wait, tarry, abs. 2 K 9:3 tarry not; with עַד till morning light 2 K 7:9; c. acc. את איוב בדברים Jb 32:4 tarry for Job with words. wait (in ambush), כְּחַכֵּי אִישׁ גְּדוּדִים Ho 6:9 as marauding bands wait for a man AV RV De, or as marauders lie in wait Hi Ew (taking אישׁ as cstr.) wait for, await, with לְ. for י׳ Is 8:17; 64:3 Zp 3:8 ψ 33:20; for his counsel ψ 106:13; for his vision Hb 2:3; for death Jb 3:21; יחכה יהוה לחננכם Yahweh waiteth to be gracious unto you Is 30:18 (Di regards this as threatening and refers it to 1); abs. waiteth (and cometh to the days of blessedness) Dn 12:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wait (3); \[one who\] waits (2); I will wait (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 106:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.13/#tree)

מִֽ֭הֲרוּ שָׁכְח֣וּ מַעֲשָׂ֑יו לֹֽא־חִ֝כּ֗וּ לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* they.made.haste they.forgot works his not they.waited for counsel his

*JPS 1917:* They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;

[Psalms 33:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.20/#tree)

נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּ חִכְּתָ֣ה לַֽיהוָ֑ה עֶזְרֵ֖נוּ וּמָגִנֵּ֣נוּ הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* self our it.waits for Yahweh help \[is\].our and shield our he

*JPS 1917:* Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2442.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2442/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).