STRONGS NUMBER H2442

H2442. chakah

[חָכָה‎] verb wait, await —

Qal Participle pl construct חוֺכֵי‎ Isaiah 30:18; with לְ‎ waiting for him (׳י‎).

Pi`el חִכָּה‎ Job 32:4; חִכְּתָה‎ Psalm 33:20; חִכִּיתִי‎ Isaiah 8:17; חִכּוּ‎ Psalm 106:13; חִכִּינוּ‎ 2 Kings 7:9; Imperfect יְחַכֶּה‎ Isaiah 30:18; תְּחַכֶּה‎ 2 Kings 9:3; Imperative חַכֵּהֿ‎ Habakkuk 2:3; חִכּוּ‎ Zephaniah 3:8; Infinitive construct כְּחַכֵּי‎ Hosea 6:9 (Ephr for חַכֵּה‎?); Participle מְחַכֶּה‎ Daniel 12:12; construct מְחַכֵּה‎ Isaiah 64:3; plural מְחַכִּים‎ Job 3:21; —

1 wait, tarry, absolute 2 Kings 9:3 tarry not; with עַד‎ till morning light 7:9; with accusative בדברים איוב את‎ Job 32:4 tarry for Job with words.

2 wait (in ambush), גְּדוּדִים אִישׁ כְּחַכֵּי‎ Hosea 6:9 as marauding bands wait for a man AV RV De, or as marauders lie in wait Hi Ew (taking אישׁ‎ as construct)

3 wait for, long for, with לְ‎ for ׳י‎ Isaiah 8:17; 64:3; Zephaniah 3:8; Psalm 33:20; for his counsel 106:13; for his vision Habakkuk 2:3; for death Job 3:21; לחננכם יהוה יחכה‎ Yahweh waiteth to be gracious unto you Isaiah 30:18 (Di regards this as threatening and refers it to

1); absolute waiteth (and cometh to the days of blessedness) Daniel 12:12.

חַכָּה‎

see below חנך‎.

חכל‎ (√of following; compare Arabic IV. be confused, vague; barbarousness, or impediment in speech; Assyrian akâlu, be gloomy, êklu, dark, eklitu, darkness, Dl in Zim^{Bp 115, w. 385 ff.}, compare Jäger^{BAS ii, 282}).