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title: מָהַהּ — linger · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָהַהּ (4102), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: linger. BDB 1906: vb. Hithpalp. linger, tarry. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָהַהּ

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«מָהַהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **linger** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 4102 · **BDB:** מָהַהּ

### Glosses

delay (3); I.have.delayed (1); \[will.be\].delaying (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָהַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4102/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.'

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

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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.

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