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# מָהִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4106

**quick** — used 4 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

quick [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4106/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָהִיר: adj. quick, prompt, ready, skilled [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4106/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. quick, prompt, ready, skilled;—סוֹפֵר מ׳ ψ 45:2 Ezr 7:6; אִישׁ מ׳ בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ Pr 22:29; cstr. מְהִר צֶדֶק Is 16:5 prompt in justice.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: skilled (3); prompt (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 22:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.29/#tree)

חָזִ֡יתָ אִ֤ישׁ ׀ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹ לִֽפְנֵֽי־מְלָכִ֥ים יִתְיַצָּ֑ב בַּל־יִ֝תְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵ֥י חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* you.see a.person skilled in work his before kings he.will.take.his.stand not he.will.take.his.stand before insignificant.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

[Psalms 45:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.2/#tree)

רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣י לְמֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* it.is.aroused heart my a.word good \[am\].speaking I work(s) my to.\[the\] king tongue my \[is\].a.stylus of.a.scribe skilled

*JPS 1917:* My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4106/): 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).