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# מָהַהּ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4102

**linger** — used 9 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

linger [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4102/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָהַהּ: vb. Hithpalp. linger, tarry [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4102/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Hithpalp. linger, tarry (cf. Arabic مَهَهٌ slow walk, delay (Ḳam));— Pf. 1 s. הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּי ψ 119:60; 3 pl. הִתְמַהְמְהוּ Ju 19:8; 1 pl. הִתְמַהְתָ֑הְנוּ Gn 43:10; Impf. יִתְמַהְמַהּ Hb 2:3; וַיִּתְמ׳ Gn 19:16; Imv. mpl. הִתְמַהְמְהוּ Is 29:9; Inf. לְהִתְמַהְמֵהַּ Ex 12:39; Pt. מִתְמַהְמֵהַּ 2 S 15:28;—linger, tarry, wait, of pers., Gn 19:16; 43:10 (J), Ex 12:39 (E), Ju 3:26; 19:8; 2 S 15:28; Is 29:9; ψ 119:60 (c. לֹא, opp. חַ֫שְׁתִּי); subj. חָזוֹן vision Hb 2:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: delay (3); I have delayed (1); \[will be\] delaying (1).

## In the verses

[Genesis 43:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.10/#tree)

כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה שַׁ֖בְנוּ זֶ֥ה פַעֲמָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) if.not we.had.delayed (dm) now we.have.returned this two.times

*JPS 1917:* For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.'

[Psalms 119:60](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.60/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.60/#tree)

חַ֭שְׁתִּי וְלֹ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּי לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* I.have.made.haste and not I.have.delayed to keep commandments your

*JPS 1917:* I made haste, and delayed not, to observe Thy commandments.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4102.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4102/): 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).