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title: חָכָה — wait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָכָה (2442), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: wait. BDB 1906: vb. wait, await. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָכָה

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«חָכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wait** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 2442 · **BDB:** חָכָה

### Glosses

wait (3); \[one.who\].waits (2); I.will.wait (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2442/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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;

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

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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.

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