Lexical Summary yachal: to wait, await Original Word: יָחַלTransliteration: yachal Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-chal') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to wait, await Meaning: to wait, to be patient, hope Strong's Concordance cause to, have, make to hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, waitA primitive root; to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope -- (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait. Brown-Driver-Briggs H3176. yachal [יָחַל] verb Niph`al wait; Pi`el await (compare Late Hebrew יִחוּל expectation); — Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נוֺחֲלָה Ezekiel 19:5 (yet see below); Imperfect וַיִּיָּ֫חֶל Genesis 8:12 + 1 Samuel 13:18 Kt (see Dr; Qr Hiph`il וַיּוֺחֶל); — wait: Genesis 8:12 and he waited yet seven days; so 1 Samuel 13:18 Kt; of Israel under figure of lioness, תִּקְוָתָהּ אָֽבְדָה נוֺחֲלָה כִּי וַתֵּרֶא Ezekiel 19:5 when she saw that her hope tarried, was lost (but dubious; Sm compare Aramaic be weak, whence perhaps sink down; Hi (perhaps after ᵐ5) לָהּ נִדַּח כִּי that he was thrust away from her; Co plausibly נוֺאֲלָה that she had acted foolishly). Pi`el Perfect2masculine singular suffix יִחַלְתָּ֑נִי Psalm 119:49; 1singular יִחָ֑לְתִּי 119:48 4t. Psalm 119; 3masculine plural יִחֲלוּ Job 29:23; Ezekiel 13:6; יִחֵ֑לּוּ Job 29:21; 1plural יִחַלְנוּ Psalm 33:22; Imperfect יְיַחֵל Micah 5:6; אֲיַחֵל Job 6:11 3t.; אֲיַחֲלָה 30:26; יְיַחֵ֑לוּ Isaiah 42:4; יְיַחֵלוּן 51:5; Imperative יַחֵל Psalm 130:7; 131:3;Participle מְיַחֵל 69:4; מְיַחֲלִים Psalm 31:25 2t.; — 1 wait, tarry for, followed by לְ Micah 5:6 (of rain, "" יְקַוֶּה); so 1:12 according to We, who reads יִחֲלָה (Perfect) for חָלָה; absolute wait Job 14:14. 2 wait for = hope for, followed by לְ Isaiah 42:4; Job 29:21, 23; 30:25 ("" קִוֵּיתִי), Psalm 31:25; Psalm 33:18; 33:22; 69:4; 119:43; 119:74; 119:81; 119:114; 119:147; 147:11; followed by ל infinitive ׳ויח דָּבָר לְקַיֵּם Ezekiel 13:6; followed by אֶל Isaiah 51:5; Psalm 130:7; 131:3; absolute hope, Job 6:11; 13:15; Psalm 71:14. 3 causative make to hope Psalm 119:49 (suffix person). Hiph`il Perfect הוֺתַ֫לְתִּי Job 32:11, etc.; וְהוֺחַ֫לְתִּי (consecutive, see Hi De2 Dr§:§ 106, 119r) 32:16; Imperfect וַיּ֫וֺחֶל 1 Samuel 13:8 Qr; 2 masculine singular תּוֺחֵל 10:8; אוֺחִיל 2 Kings 6:33; Lamentations 3:21, 24; אוֺתִּ֫ילָה Jeremiah 4:19 Qr (Kt אָחוּלָה), Micah 7:7; אֹחִילָה 2 Samuel 18:14; — wait, tarry, absolute (properly shew a waiting attitude): 1 Samuel 10:8 (followed by בּוֺאִי עַד), 13:8 (Qr; compare Niph`al); 2 Samuel 18:14; Job 32:18; Jeremiah 4:19 (but see חול); wait for, hope for (as Pi`el), followed by לְ 2 Kings 6:33; Micah 7:7; Lamentations 3:24; Job 32:11; Psalm 38:16; 42:6; Psalm 42:12; 43:5; 130:5 ("" קִוִּיתִי); absolute hope, Lamentations 3:21. |
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