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title: מָהִיר — quick · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָהִיר (4106), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: quick. BDB 1906: adj. quick, prompt, ready, skilled. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָהִיר

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«מָהִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quick** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4106 · **BDB:** מָהִיר

### Glosses

skilled (3); prompt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָהִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4106/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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