Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to delay
KJV Usage: tarry longer
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָחַר (ya.char) — to delay. (Qal) to delay, tarry, defer Another spelling of a.char (אָחַר "to delay" H0309)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אָחֹור · אַחֵר · אַחַר · אַחֲרֹון · אַחֲרִית · אֲחֹרַנִּית
Delay | verb qal, verb pi
to be delayed, to linger, to be slow, to tarry = process by which an event happens later than expected
Delay | verb qal, verb pi, verb hif
to delay, to linger, to stay, to be slow = action by which humans or deities perform an event later than expected
GEN 32:5 · GEN 34:19 · DEU 7:10 · DEU 23:22 · 2SA 20:5 · PSA 40:18 · PSA 70:6 · PSA 127:2 · PRO 23:30 · ECC 5:3 · ISA 5:11 · DAN 9:19
Delay | verb pi
to delay (someone else) = causative action by which humans cause other humans to perform an event later than expected
Possess | ≠ נתן
to withhold, to hold back = to keep something to oneself, refusing to give it to someone else
1 2SA 20:5 · 2SA 20:5 MT-Q | MT-K qal
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָחַר vb. to remain behind, delay, tarry Qal and I have tarried until now
Pi. intensive, delay, tarry
causat. of Qal, cause one to delay, hinder; keep back (= bring late)
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