תְחַכֶּֽה
𐤕𐤇𐤊𐤄
châkâh
wait
To wait, to look forward to, to remain in expectation; conveys a sense of patient endurance, persistent hope, or confident anticipation, often with the nuance of enduring a period of delay or hardship in anticipation of a desired event or person.
2 Kings 9:3 · Word #19
Lexicon H2442
| Lemma | חָכָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤊𐤄 |
| Transliteration | châkâh |
| Strong's | H2442 |
| Definition | To wait, to look forward to, to remain in expectation; conveys a sense of patient endurance, persistent hope, or confident anticipation, often with the nuance of enduring a period of delay or hardship in anticipation of a desired event or person. |
Morphology HVpi2ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | i — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action |
| Person | 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | wait |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2442-10
you will eagerly wait
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Piel stem (intensive), imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The rendering reflects the root meaning of waiting in hopeful anticipation. The Piel stem conveys an intensified or deliberate action, expressed here as "eagerly wait," and the imperfect 2nd masculine singular is rendered as "you will." |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
you shall wait
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 'you will eagerly wait' adds 'eagerly' absent from the Hebrew; context calls for the simple future/imperative: 'you shall wait.' |