Lexical Definition

‎חוּשׁ‎ chûwsh (koosh) to hasten ^H:V
a primitive root

(make) haste(-n), ready.

• to hurry
• figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment

1) to haste, make haste, hurry
1a) (Qal) to make haste
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to show haste, act quickly, hasten, come quickly
1b2) to enjoy, be excited

See Greek: βοηθέω · ἐγγίζω · εἰσακούω · ἑτοιμάζω · κινέω · ὁρμάω · πάρειμι · πρόθυμος · προσέχω · σπεύδω · συνάγω · συνίημι

Extended Information

• to feel, enjoy

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חוּשׁ‎ verb haste, make haste (Assyrian —âšu, Dl^{Pr 180}, Ethiopic ; on this verb V. Nö^{ZMG 1883, 538}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎חָשׁ‎ Deut 32:35 (or Participle, but see Di), 1 singular ‎חַשְׁתִּי‎ Ps 119:60 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎וַתַּ֫חַשׁ‎ (sic!) Job 31:5 Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72} R. 9; Imperative ‎חוּ֫שָׁה‎ 1Sam 20:38 + 6 t. Psalms, + Ps 71:12 Qr (Kt ‎חישׁה‎); Infinitive suffix ‎חוּשִׁי‎ Job 20:2 Participle active ‎חָשׁ‎ Hab 1:8 + Isa 8:1; Isa 8:3 in proper name; passive ‎חֻשִׁיּם‎ Num 32:17 but see below: — make haste Deut 32:35 (|| ‎קרוב‎), Ps 119:60 in prophetic proper name ‎מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז֑‎ Isa 8:1; Isa 8:3 of eagle (in simile of Chald. army) ‎נשׁר חשׁ לאכול‎ Hab 1:8; Job 31:5 subject ‎רנל‎, followed by ‎עלמֿרמה‎; ‎חוּ֫שִׁי בּי‎ Job 20:2 my haste in me, i.e. my inward excitement — especially Imperative 1Sam 20:38 (|| ‎מהרה‎), and in Psalms: followed by ‎לְעַזְרָתִי‎ 1Sam 22:20; 1Sam 38:23; 1Sam 40:14; 1Sam 70:2; 1Sam 71:12 (Qr); followed by ‎לִי‎ 1Sam 70:6; 1Sam 141:1 passive participle ‎נֵחָלֵץ חֻשִׁים‎ Num 32:17, but probably for ‎חֲמֻשִׁים‎ (Kn Di compare Exod 13:18 etc.); Ba^{NB 180 retains} ‎חוּשִׁים‎ and regards it as active (intransitive) = hastening. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הֵחִישׁוּ‎ Judg 20:27 Imperfect ‎יָחִישׁ‎ Isa 28:16 ‎יָחִ֫ישָׁה‎ coh. Isa 5:19 (Ges^{«GKC:48»§ 48}. 3); ‎אָחִ֫ישָׁה‎ coh. Ps 55:9* suffix ‎אֲחִישֶׁנָּה‎ Isa 60:22 —

1. shew haste, act quickly Judg 20:37 hasten, come quickly Isa 5:19 (subject ‎מַעֲשֵׂהוּ‎, || ‎יְמַהֵר‎; others: let him hasten on his work), ‎יָחִישׁ‎ Isa 28:16 hasten away (flee), or hasten about distractedly (si vera lectio; Che Guthe read ‎ימישׁ‎ yield, give way).

2. transitive with suffix Isa 60:22 I will hasten it; with accusative Ps 55:9* I would hasten (= secure quickly) my escape.

II. [‎חוּשׁ‎] verb feel, enjoy (with the senses) (Now compares Arabic feel, perceive by senses; Late Hebrew ‎חוּשׁ‎ feel pain; Aramaic , ‎חוּשׁ‎, feel pain; Ethiopic : perception) — only Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎מִּי יאֹכַל וּמִי יָחוּשׁ‎ Eccl 2:25 who can eat and who can feel (i.e. enjoy pleasure)?

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