Hebrew verb · H4102
מָהַהּ
mahahhmaw-hah'
to delay
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâhahh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4102is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4102
properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
The King James renders it: delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mahahh is rendered "to delay". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 19:16But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
Genesis 19:16וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ׀
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- delay2
- and delay1
- and he delayed1
- delayed they1
- I have delayed1
- it will delay1
- to delay1
- we had delayed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ1
- הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑ם1
- הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ1
- הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּי1
- וְהִֽתְמַהְמְה֖וּ1
- וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ׀1
- יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙1
- לְהִתְמַהְמֵ֔הַּ1
- מִתְמַהְמֵ֔הַּ1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vtq3cp1Hc/Vtq3cp
- Hc/Vtw3ms1Hc/Vtw3ms
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vtcc
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVtcc/Sp3mp
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVti3ms
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural1HVtp1cp
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVtp1cs
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singular1HVtrmsa
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HVtv2mp
Genesis
two uses
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
- וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ׀vaiyitmahmahHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he delayed
If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
- הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּhitmahmahenuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we had delayed
Exodus
one use
Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
- לְהִתְמַהְמֵ֔הַּlehitmahmeahpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to delay
Judges
two uses
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
- הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑םhitmahmehamverb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: delayed they
On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
- וְהִֽתְמַהְמְה֖וּvehitmahmehuHc/Vtq3cptagged: and delay
2 Samuel
one use
See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
- מִתְמַהְמֵ֔הַּmitmahmeahverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: delay
Psalms
one use
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
- הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּיhitmahmahetiverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have delayed
Isaiah
one use
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּhitmahmehuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: delay
Habakkuk
one use
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙yitmahmahverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will delay
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.