Hebrew · H4116 · unreviewed

מָהַר

Properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly

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מָהַר H4116
Pronunciation māhar

What does מָהַר (māhar) mean in the Bible?

מָהַר (māhar) is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly". properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.

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Meaning

properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
Extended definition

Metaphorically flows from physical liquidity to urgency; means both eager promptness and reckless haste.

properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly BDB: hasten Usage: be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) × quickly, rash, × shortly, (be so) × soon, make speed, × speedily, × straightway, × suddenly, swift.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 26×
Sequential imperfect 1Sam 9:12 · 2Chr 18:8 · Esth 6:10 · Gen 19:22 · 2Sam 15:14 · Esth 5:5 · Gen 45:9 · Judg 9:48 · Gen 18:6
Perfect 2Chr 24:5 · Isa 49:17 · Ps 106:13 · 1Sam 4:14 · Isa 51:14 · 1Sam 25:34 · Exod 2:18 · Gen 27:20 · Jer 48:16
Imperfect 2Sam 15:14 · Isa 5:19 · 2Chr 24:5 · Isa 32:4 · Nah 2:6
Participle active Mal 3:5 · Prov 6:18
Jussive Eccl 5:1
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action
Participle active Isa 32:4
Perfect Job 5:13
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense
Perfect Ps 16:4
Biblical Occurrences
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