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H2439 חִישׁ (chîysh) kheesh
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

another form of 2363; to hurry

KJV Usage: make haste

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חִישׁ (chish) — to haste. 1) to haste, make haste, hurry 1a) (Qal) to make haste 1b) (Hiph) 1b1) to show haste, act quickly, hasten, come quickly 1b2) to enjoy, be excited

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · חִישׁ

Urge | verb qal

to come swiftly, to happen swiftly = process by which an event happens quickly

DEU 32:35

Urge | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ מְהֵרָה | ≠ מההּ

to hurry, to act quickly = action by which someone performs an event quickly

NUM 32:17 · JDG 20:37 · 1SA 20:38 · JOB 31:5 · PSA 22:20 · PSA 38:23 · PSA 40:14 · PSA 70:2 · PSA 70:6 · PSA 71:12 · PSA 119:60 · PSA 141:1 · HAB 1:8

Urge | verb hif | ≈ מהר

to speed up, to do quickly = causative action by which someone causes an event to happen speedily

PSA 55:9 · ISA 5:19 · ISA 60:22

verb

Wish | verb qal, verb hif

to be impatient, to be unable to wait = state in which someone feels a strong urge to perform a particular action, ◄ caused by emotions, ► and resulting in actions

JOB 20:2 · ISA 28:16

Rejoice | verb qal

to enjoy oneself, to find joy = state in which someone experiences joy

ECC 2:25

1 NUM 32:17 MT HOTTP-B NJPS | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV חֲמֻשִׁים from חמשׁ "be in battle-array, prepared, ready to fight

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חוּשׁ vb. haste, make haste Qal make haste

Hiph. shew haste, act quickly

transit. I will hasten it

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