STRONGS NUMBER H2442


Word Summary
chakah: to wait, await
Original Word: חָכָה
Transliteration: chakah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wait, await
Meaning: to adhere to, to await
Strong's Concordance
long, tarry, wait

A primitive root (apparently akin to chaqah through the idea of piercing); properly, to adhere to; hence, to await -- long, tarry, wait.

see HEBREW chaqah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2442. chakah

[חָכָה‎] verb wait, await

Qal Participle pl construct חוֺכֵיIsaiah 30:18; with לְwaiting for him (׳י‎).

Pi`el חִכָּהJob 32:4; חִכְּתָהPsalm 33:20; חִכִּיתִיIsaiah 8:17; חִכּוּPsalm 106:13; חִכִּינוּ2 Kings 7:9; Imperfect יְחַכֶּהIsaiah 30:18; תְּחַכֶּה2 Kings 9:3; Imperative חַכֵּהֿHabakkuk 2:3; חִכּוּZephaniah 3:8; Infinitive construct כְּחַכֵּיHosea 6:9 (Ephr for חַכֵּה‎?); Participle מְחַכֶּהDaniel 12:12; construct מְחַכֵּהIsaiah 64:3; plural מְחַכִּיםJob 3:21; —

1 wait, tarry, absolute 2 Kings 9:3 tarry not; with עַד‎ till morning light 7:9; with accusative בדברים איוב אתJob 32:4 tarry for Job with words.

2 wait (in ambush), גְּדוּדִים אִישׁ כְּחַכֵּיHosea 6:9 as marauding bands wait for a man AV RV De, or as marauders lie in wait Hi Ew (taking אישׁ‎ as construct)

3 wait for, long for, with לְ‎ for ׳יIsaiah 8:17; 64:3; Zephaniah 3:8; Psalm 33:20; for his counsel 106:13; for his vision Habakkuk 2:3; for death Job 3:21; לחננכם יהוה יחכהYahweh waiteth to be gracious unto you Isaiah 30:18 (Di regards this as threatening and refers it to

1); absolute waiteth (and cometh to the days of blessedness) Daniel 12:12.

חַכָּה

see below חנך‎.

חכל‎ (√of following; compare Arabic IV. be confused, vague; barbarousness, or impediment in speech; Assyrian akâlu, be gloomy, êklu, dark, eklitu, darkness, Dl in ZimBp 115, w. 385 ff., compare JägerBAS ii, 282).