Lexical Definition

‎יָחִיל‎ yâchîyl (yaw-kheel') waiting ^H:A
from ‎יָחַל‎

should hope.

• expectant

1) waiting, hoping

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָחִיל‎ adjective verb. waiting, so Thes SS Buhl, but very dubious, — only ‎טוֺב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לְ‎ Lam 3:26 good is it that one be waiting and that silently (but see ‎דוּמָם‎) for the salvation of ‎׳‎‎י‎; construct. with ‎ו‎ and adjective hardly possibly; Ew Ke Lohr Kö^{ii. 407} and others regard as verb (from ‎חול‎); read perhaps ‎וְיֹחִיל‎ Hiph`il Imperfect from ‎יחל‎ (compare vLam 3:24).

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