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# מְהֵרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4120

**haste** — used 20 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

haste [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4120/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְהֵרָה: n.f. haste, speed [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4120/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. haste, speed;—usually as adverb. acc. hastily, quickly: Jos 8:19; 10:6; 23:16 (all JE), Nu 17:11 (P), Dt 11:17; Ju 9:54; 2 S 17:16, 18, 21; Je 27:16; Ec 8:11 (in all these cases after vb.); before vb. (poet.) Is 5:26 (‖ קַל), ψ 31:3; 37:2 Is 58:8 Jo 4:4 (‖ קַל); so also 1 S 20:38 מ׳ הוּשָׁה (cf. Dr); 2 K 1:11 מ׳ רֵ֑דָה;—but perhaps read מַהֲרָה, i.e. Pi. Imv. of מהר (cf. 1 S 23:27); c. prep. (late): בִּמ׳ in haste = quickly Ec 4:12; עַד־מ׳, id. ψ 147:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 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: quickly (20).

## In the verses

[Psalms 147:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.15/#tree)

הַשֹּׁלֵ֣חַ אִמְרָת֣וֹ אָ֑רֶץ עַד־מְ֝הֵרָ֗ה יָר֥וּץ דְּבָרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].sends word his \[the\].earth to quickly it.runs word his

*JPS 1917:* He sendeth out His commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.

[Psalms 37:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.2/#tree)

כִּ֣י כֶ֭חָצִיר מְהֵרָ֣ה יִמָּ֑לוּ וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) like (the) grass quickly they.will.wither and like.\[the\] greenery of.fresh.grass they will.fade

*JPS 1917:* For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4120/): 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).