מָהַהּ
mâhahh · maw-hah'
properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently a denominative from H4100 (מָה);
properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָהַהּ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and while he lingered1 · 11%
- we had lingered1 · 11%
- not tarry1 · 11%
- while they tarried1 · 11%
- i pray thee. and they tarried1 · 11%
- i will tarry1 · 11%
- and delayed1 · 11%
- stay1 · 11%
- though it tarry1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.