Lexical Definition

‎מָהַר‎ mâhar (maw-har') to hasten ^H:V
a primitive root

be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.

• properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication)
• to hurry (in a good or a bad sense)
• often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly

1)(Qal) to hasten
1a) (Niphal) to be hurried, be anxious
1a) hasty, precipitate, impetuous
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to hasten, make haste
1b2) hasten (used as adverb with another verb)
1b3) to hasten, prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly

See Greek: ἀσθενέω · ἀσθενής · ἐξίστημι · ὀλιγόψυχος · σπεύδω · σπουδή · ταράσσω · ταχέως · ταχινός · τάχιον · τάχος · τάχος · ταχύ · ταχύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎מָהַר‎] verb hasten (Late Hebrew Pi`el,and derivatives; Arabic be practised, skilled (with Assyrian mâru, send, order, govern, compare II. ‎מהר‎); Ethiopic train teach; Syriac Pa`el id.; compare also Egyptian m¹har, trained warrior Bondi⁵⁷); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נִמְהָ֑רָה‎ Job 5:13 Participle ‎נִמְהָר‎ Hab 1:6 plural ‎נִמְהָרִים‎ Isa 32:4 construct ‎נִמְהֲרֵי‎ Isa 35:4 — be hurried = anxious, disturbed ‎נְמְהֲרֵילֵֿב‎ Isa 35:4 hasty, precipitate, subject ‎עֵצָה‎ Job 5:13 so participle as substantive Isa 32:4 impetuous, of Chaldeans, Hab 1:6 (|| ‎מַר‎). Pi`el Perfect ‎מִהַר‎ 1Sam 4:14; Isa 51:14 3 feminine singular ‎מִהֲרָה‎ Jer 48:16 etc.; Imperfect ‎יְמַהֵר‎ Isa 5:19 + 2 t.; ‎וַיְמַהֵר‎ Gen 18:6 + 8 t. (1Sam 28:30 see below); 3 feminine plural ‎תְּמַהֵרְנָה‎ Jer 9:17* etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎מַהֵר‎ Gen 19:22 +; ‎מַהֲרָה‎ 1Sam 23:27; 1Kgs 22:9, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎מַהֵר‎ Prov 7:23 +; Participle ‎מְמַהֵר‎ Gen 41:32; Mal 3:5 (on ‎מַהֵר‎ Zeph 1:14 [1Sam 23:22](/btb/not_created.html)] compare Kö^{i. 268} Schw^{ZAW x. 1890, 176} see I. ‎מַהֵר‎ ), feminine plural ‎מְמַהֲרוֺת‎ Prov 6:18 —
l. hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly Gen 18:6; 1Sam 9:12 ( but strike out ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu HPS), Nah 2:6*; Isa 49:17; 1Chr 12:9* = go eagerly, (followed by Infinitive of purpose) Prov 1:16; Isa 59:7 Participle = swift, prompt Mal 3:5 of bird Prov 7:23 figurative of calamity Isa 5:19 (|| ‎חוּשׁ‎) Jer 48:16, ‎מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז‎ Isa 8:1; Isa 8:3, below

2. hasten + verb, (‎׳‎‎מ‎ having really adverbial force): followed by Infinitive Gen 18:7 (‎מִהַר‎ ‎לַעֲשׂת‎); compare Gen 27:20; Gen 41:32 (subject God), Exod 2:18; Exod 10:16; Exod 12:33; 2Sam 15:14; Isa 32:4; Isa 51:14; Prov 6:18; Eccl 5:1* more often followed by verb with ‎ו‎ Gen 24:18; Gen 24:20; Gen 24:46; Gen 44:11 (all J), Gen 45:9; Gen 45:13 (E), probably Gen 43:30 (J), also Exod 34:8 (J), Josh 4:10; Josh 8:14; Josh 8:19 (all J E), Judg 13:10; 1Sam 4:14; 1Sam 17:48; 1Sam 23:27; 1Sam 25:18; 1Sam 25:23; 1Sam 25:34 (twice in verse); 1Sam 28:24; 2Sam 15:14; 2Sam 19:17*; 1Kgs 20:33; 1Kgs 20:41; 2Kgs 9:13; Jer 9:17* so even when active is not wholly voluntary 1Sam 28:20 (but read probably ‎וַיִּבָּהֵל‎ ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu); also, ‎ו‎ omitted, Ps 106:13 especially with Imperative Gen 19:22 (J), Judg 9:48; Esth 6:10 so also ‎מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי‎ Ps 69:18*; Ps 102:3*; Ps 143:7 compare Ps 79:8 (see Ol^{on the passage}).

3. transitive hasten, = prepare quickly Gen 18:6 = bring quickly 1Kgs 22:9 = 2Chr 18:8; Esth 5:5 = do quickly 2Chr 24:5 (twice in verse).

I. ‎מַהֵר‎ adjective hastening, speedy, swift (strictly Pi`el Participle for ‎מְמַהֵר‎ see below ‎מהר‎); — of ‎׳‎‎יוֺם י‎, ‎מְאד‎ ‎׳‎‎קָרוֺב וּמ‎ Zeph 1:14 read also feminine ‎הַמְּהֵרָה‎ (‎רַגְלוֺ‎) 1Sam 23:22 his swift foot (for ᵑ0 ‎רָאָהוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִ‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎) Th We Dr Bu; deeper corruption assumed by HPS. II. ‎מַהֵר‎ adverb quickly, speedily (strictly Pi`el infinitive absolute) always immediately after verb; Exod 32:8 (J), Deut 4:26; Deut 7:4; Deut 7:22; Deut 9:3; Deut 9:12 (twice in verse); Deut 9:16; Deut 28:20; Josh 2:5 (J), Judg 2:17; Judg 2:23; Prov 25:8 (on Ps 69:18*; Ps 79:8; Ps 102:3*; Ps 143:7, where ‎׳‎‎מ‎ precedes, see above below ‎מָהַר‎).

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