Strong's Definition
apparently a denominative from 4100; properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
KJV Usage: delay, linger, stay selves, tarry
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָהַהּ (ma.hah) — to delay. (Hithpalpel) to linger, tarry, wait, delay
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Non-Engage | verb hit
to wait, to linger, to tarry, to dawdle = action by which humans defer action, either out of indecision or because something else needs to happen first
GEN 19:16 · GEN 43:10 · EXO 12:39 · JDG 3:26 · JDG 19:8 · 2SA 15:28 · PSA 119:60
Delay | verb hit
to take time = process by which an event does not take place as soon as expected or desired
verb · תמהּ
Afraid | verb hit
to be astonished, to be stupefied, to be confused = process by which humans are deeply emotionally affected by a difficult situation, to the extent that they do not know how to respond
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מָהַהּ] vb. only Hithpalp. linger, tarry base