--- title: חוּשׁ — haste · The Tanakh dictionary description: חוּשׁ (lemma:חוּשׁ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: haste. 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/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5bc_5e9_5c1.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/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-2.md)‎ / חוּשׁ‎ # חוּשׁ «חוּשׁ» 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. **Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:חוּשׁ · **BDB:** חוּשׁ ### Glosses agitation (1); he.will.make.haste (1); will.he.enjoy (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) haste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5bc_5e9_5c1/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5bc_5e9_5c1/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. haste, make haste (Assyrian ḫâšu, DlPr 180, Ethiopic ሖሰ; on this vb. v. Nö ZMG 1883, 538)— Pf. 3 ms. חָשׁ Dt 32:35 (or Pt., but v. Di), 1 s. חַשְׁתִּי ψ 119:60; Impf. 3 fs. וַתַּ֫חַשׁ (sic!) Jb 31:5 Ges§ 72 R. 9; Imv. חוּ֫שָׁה 1 S 20:38 + 6 times ψ, + ψ 71:12 Qr (Kt חישׁה); Inf. sf. חוּשִׁי Jb 20:2; Pt. act. חָשׁ Hb 1:8 + Is 8:1, 3 in n.pr.; pass. חֻשִׁים Nu 32:17; but v. infr.:—make haste Dt 32:35 (‖ קרוב), ψ 119:60; in prophetic n.pr. מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּ֑ז Is 8:1, 3; of eagle (in sim. of Chald. army) נשׁר חשׁ לאכול Hb 1:8; Jb 31:5 subj. רגל, sq. על־מרמה; חוּ֫שִׁי בִי Jb 20:2 my haste in me, i.e. my inward excitement—especially Imv. 1 S 20:38 (‖ מהרה), and in ψψ: sq. לְעֶזְרָתִי 22:20; 38:23; 40:14; 70:2; 71:12 (Qr); sq. לִי 70:6; 141:1; pt. pass. נֵחָלֵץ חֻשִׁים Nu 32:17, but prob. for חֲמֻשִׁים (Kn Di comp. Ex 13:18 etc.); BaNB 180 retains חוּשִׁים and regards it as act. (intrans.) = hastening. Pf. הֵחִישׁוּ Ju 20:37; Impf. יָחִישׁ Is 28:16; יָחִ֫ישָׁה coh. 5:19 (Ges§ 48. 3); אָחִ֫ישָׁה coh. ψ 55:9; sf. אֲחִישֶׁנָּה Is 60:22;— shew haste, act quickly Ju 20:37; hasten, come quickly Is 5:19 (subj. מַעֲשֵׂהוּ, ‖ יְמַהֵר; others: let him hasten on his work), יָחִישׁ Is 28:16 hasten away (flee), or hasten about distractedly (si vera l.; Che Guthe read ימישׁ yield, give way). transit. c. sf. Is 60:22 I will hasten it; c. acc. ψ 55:9 I would hasten (= secure quickly) my escape. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5bc_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Ecclesiastes 2:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.25/) כִּ֣י מִ֥י יֹאכַ֛ל וּמִ֥י יָח֖וּשׁ ח֥וּץ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ *Word for word:* (dm) who? will.he.eat and who? will.he.enjoy outside from me *JPS 1917:* For who will eat, or who will enjoy, if not I? [Job 20:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.2/) לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃ *Word for word:* therefore thoughts my.disquieting they make.me.respond and because of agitation my in me *JPS 1917:* Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me. - ← previous: [חוּשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2363.md) - next →: [חוּשָׁה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2364.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-2.md)