Lexical Definition

‎יָחַל‎ yâchal (yaw-chal') to wait: wait ^H:V
a primitive root

(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.

• to wait
• by implication, to be patient, hope

1) to wait, hope, expect
1a) (Niphal) to wait
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wait, await, tarry
1b2) to wait for, hope for
1c) (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for

See Greek: ἀκούω · διαλείπω · ἐγγίζω · ἐλπίζω · ἐνωτίζομαι · ἐπέχω · μένω · προσδέχομαι · ὑπομένω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָחַל‎] verb Niph`al wait; Pi`el await (compare Late Hebrew ‎יִחוּל‎ expectation); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נוֺחֲלָה‎ Ezek 19:5 (yet see below); Imperfect ‎וַיִּיָּ֫חֶל‎ Gen 8:12 + 1Sam 13:18 Kt (see Dr; Qr Hiph`il ‎וַיּוֺחֶל‎); — wait: Gen 8:12 and he waited yet seven days; so 1Sam 13:18 Kt; of Israel under figure of lioness, ‎וַתֵּרֶא כִּי נוֺחֲלָה אָֽבְדָה תִּקְוָתָהּ‎ Ezek 19:5 when she saw that her hope tarried, was lost (but dubious; Sm compare Aramaic be weak, whence perhaps sink down; Hi (perhaps after ᵐ5) ‎כִּי נִדַּח לָהּ‎ that he was thrust away from her; Co plausibly ‎נוֺאֲלָה‎ that she had acted foolishly). Pi`el Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎יִחַלְתָּ֑נִי‎ Ps 119:49 1 singular ‎יִחָ֑לְתִּי‎ vPs 119:48 + 4 t. Ps 119 3 masculine plural ‎יִחֲלוּ‎ Job 29:23; Ezek 13:6 ‎יִחֵ֑לּוּ‎ Job 29:21 1 plural ‎יִחַלְנוּ‎ Ps 33:22 Imperfect ‎יְיַחֵל‎ Mic 5:6* ‎אֲיַחֵל‎ Job 6:11 + 3 t.; ‎אֲיַחֲלָה‎ Job 30:26 ‎יְיַחֵ֑לוּ‎ Isa 42:4 ‎יְיַחֵלוּן‎ Isa 51:5 Imperative ‎יַחֵל‎ Ps 130:7; Ps 131:3Participle ‎מְיַחֵל‎ Ps 69:4* ‎מְיַחֲלִים‎ Ps 31:25* + 2 t.; —

1. wait, tarry for, followed by ‎לְ‎ Mic 5:6* (of rain, || ‎יְקַוֶּה‎); so Mic 1:12 according to We, who reads ‎יִחֲלָה‎ (Perfect) for ‎חָלָה‎; absolute wait Job 14:14.

2. wait for = hope for, followed by ‎לְ‎ Isa 42:4; Job 29:21; Job 29:23; Job 30:25 (|| ‎קִוֵּיתִי‎), Ps 31:25*; Ps 33:18; Ps 33:22; Ps 69:4*; Ps 119:43; Ps 119:74; Ps 119:81; Ps 119:114; Ps 119:147; Ps 147:11 followed by ‎ל‎ infinitive ‎לְקַיֵּם דָּבָר‎ ‎׳‎‎ויח‎ Ezek 13:6 followed by ‎אֶל‎ Isa 51:5; Ps 130:7; Ps 131:3 absolute hope, Job 6:11; Job 13:15; Ps 71:14.

3. causative make to hope Ps 119:49 (suffix person). Hiph`il Perfect ‎הוֺתַ֫לְתִּי‎ Job 32:11, etc.; ‎וְהוֺחַ֫לְתִּי‎ (consecutive, see Hi De<sup>2</sup> Dr<sup>§:§ 106, 119r</sup>) Job 32:16 Imperfect ‎וַיּ֫וֺחֶל‎ 1Sam 13:8 Qr; 2 masculine singular ‎תּוֺחֵל‎ 1Sam 10:8 ‎אוֺחִיל‎ 2Kgs 6:33; Lam 3:21; Lam 3:24 ‎אוֺתִּ֫ילָה‎ Jer 4:19 Qr (Kt ‎אָחוּלָה‎), Mic 7:7 ‎אֹחִילָה‎ 2Sam 18:14 — wait, tarry, absolute (properly shew a waiting attitude): 1Sam 10:8 (followed by ‎עַד בּוֺאִי‎), 1Sam 13:8 (Qr; compare Niph`al); 2Sam 18:14; Job 32:18; Jer 4:19 (but see ‎חול‎); wait for, hope for (as Pi`el), followed by ‎לְ‎ 2Kgs 6:33; Mic 7:7; Lam 3:24; Job 32:11; Ps 38:16*; Ps 42:6*; Ps 42:12*; Ps 43:5; Ps 130:5 (|| ‎קִוִּיתִי‎); absolute hope, Lam 3:21.

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