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title: מְהֵרָה — haste · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְהֵרָה (4120), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: haste. BDB 1906: n.f. haste, speed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְהֵרָה

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«מְהֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **haste** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 4120 · **BDB:** מְהֵרָה

### Glosses

quickly (20)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְהֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4120/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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