--- title: מַהֵר — quickly · The Tanakh dictionary description: מַהֵר (4118), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: quickly. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4118.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-2.md)‎ / מַהֵר‎ # מַהֵר «מַהֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quickly** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 4118 · **BDB:** מָהַר ### Glosses quickly (13); hurrying (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) quickly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4118/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4118/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. hasten (NH Pi., and deriv.; Arabic مَهَرَ be practised, skilled (with Assyrian mâru, send, order, govern, cf. ii. מהר); Ethiopic መሀረ train, teach; Syriac ܡܗܪ Pa. id.; cf. also Egypt. māhar, trained warrior Bondi 57);— Pf. 3 fs. נִמְהָ֑רָה Jb 5:13; Pt. נִמְהָר Hb 1:6; pl. נִמְהָרִים Is 32:4; cstr. נִמְהֲרֵי Is 35:4;—be hurried = anxious, disturbed נִמְהֲרֵי־לֵב Is 35:4; hasty, precipitate, subj. עֵצָה Jb 5:13; so pt. as subst. Is 32:4; impetuous, of Chaldeans, Hb 1:6 (‖ מַר). Pf. מִהַר 1 S 4:14; Is 51:14; 3 fs. מִהֲרָה Je 48:16 etc.; Impf. יְמַהֵר Is 5:19 + 2 times; וַיְמַהֵר Gn 18:6 + 8 times (1 S 28:20 v. infr.); 3 fpl. תְּמַהֵרְנָה Je 9:17 etc.; Imv. ms. מַהֵר Gn 19:22 +; מַהֲרָה 1 S 23:27; 1 K 22:9, etc.; Inf. cstr. מַהֵר Pr 7:23 +; Pt. מְמַהֵר Gn 41:32; Mal 3:5 (on מַהֵר Zp 1:14 \[1 S 23:22\] cf. Kö i. 268, Schwally ZAW x. 1890, 176 vid. i. מַהֵר infra), fpl. מְמַהֲרוֹת Pr 6:18;— hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly Gn 18:6 1 S 9:12 (but del. 𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu HPS), Na 2:6; Is 49:17; 1 Ch 12:9; = go eagerly, (sq. Inf. of purpose) Pr 1:16; Is 59:7; Pt. = swift, prompt Mal 3:5; of bird Pr 7:23; fig. of calamity Is 5:19 (‖ חוּשׁ), Je 48:16, cf. מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז Is 8:1, 3, infr. hasten + vb., (מ׳ having really adverbial force): sq. Inf. Gn 18:7 (מִהַר לַעֲשׂת); cf. 27:20; 41:32 (subj. God), Ex 2:18; 10:16; 12:33; 2 S 15:14; Is 32:4; 51:14; Pr 6:18; Ec 5:1; more often sq. vb. c. ו Gn 24:18, 20, 46; 44:11 (all J), 45:9, 13 (E), prob. 43:30 (J), also Ex 34:8 (J), Jos 4:10; 8:14, 19 (all JE), Ju 13:10; 1 S 4:14; 17:48; 23:27; 25:18, 23, 34(×2); 28:24; 2 S 15:14; 19:17; 1 K 20:33, 41; 2 K 9:13; Je 9:17; so even when act. is not wholly voluntary 1 S 28:20 (but read prob. וַיִּבָּהֵל 𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu); also, ו om., ψ 106:13; especially c. Imv. Gn 19:22 (J), Ju 9:48; Est 6:10; so also מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי ψ 69:18; 102:3; 143:7; cf. 79:8 (v. Olad loc.). trans. hasten, = prepare quickly Gn 18:6; = bring quickly 1 K 22:9 = 2 Ch 18:8, Est 5:5; = do quickly 2 Ch 24:5(×2). Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מַהֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4118/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Zephaniah 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.14/) קָר֤וֹב יוֹם־יְהוָה֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל קָר֖וֹב וּמַהֵ֣ר מְאֹ֑ד ק֚וֹל י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה מַ֥ר צֹרֵ֖חַ שָׁ֥ם גִּבּֽוֹר׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].near the.day of.Yahweh (the) great near and hurrying exceedingly the.sound of.the.day of.Yahweh bitter \[is\].shouting there a.warrior *JPS 1917:* The great day of the LORD is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD, wherein the mighty man crieth bitterly. [Proverbs 25:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.8/) אַל־תֵּצֵ֥א לָרִ֗ב מַ֫הֵ֥ר פֶּ֣ן מַה־תַּ֭עֲשֶׂה בְּאַחֲרִיתָ֑הּ בְּהַכְלִ֖ים אֹתְךָ֣ רֵעֶֽךָ׃ *Word for word:* do.not go.forth to contest.a.lawsuit quickly lest what? will.you.do at end its when puts.to.shame you neighbor your *JPS 1917:* Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. - ← previous: [מָהַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4117.md) - next →: [מֹהַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4119.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-2.md)