H4116. mahar
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 Perfect3feminine singular נִמְהָ֑רָה [Job 5:13]; Participle נִמְהָר [Hab 1:6]; plural נִמְהָרִים [Isa 32:4]; construct נִמְהֲרֵי [35:4]; — be hurried = anxious, disturbed נְמְהֲרֵילֵֿב [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. (1 Sam 28:30 see below); 3 feminine plural תְּמַהֵרְנָה [Jer 9:17] etc.; Imperative masculine singular מַהֵר [Gen 19:22] +; מַהֲרָה [1Sam 23:27]; [1Kin 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]] compare Köi. 268 SchwZAW x. 1890, 176 see I. מַהֵר ), feminine plural מְמַהֲרוֺת [Prov 6:18]; —
1 hasten, make haste, = go or come quickly [Gen 18:6]; [1Sam 9:12] ( but strike out ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu HPS), [Nahum 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], בַּז חָשׁ שָׁלָל מַהֵר [Isa 8:1], [3], below
2 hasten + verb, (׳מ having really adverbial force): followed by Infinitive [Gen 18:7] (לַעֲשׂת מִהַר); compare [27:20]; [41:32] (subject God), [Exod 2:18]; [10:16]; [12:33]; [2Sam 15:14]; [Isa 32:4]; [51:14]; [Prov 6:18]; [Eccl 5:1]; more often followed by verb with ו [Gen 24:18], [20], [46]; [44:11] (all J), [45:9], [13] (E), probably [43:30] (J), also [Exod 34:8] (J), [Josh 4:10]; [8:14], [19] (all J E), [Judg 13:10]; [1Sam 4:14]; [17:48]; [23:27]; [25:18], [23], [34] (twice in verse); [28:24]; [2Sam 15:14]; [19:17]; [1Kin 20:33], [41]; [2Kin 9:13]; [Jer 9:17]; so even when active is not wholly voluntary [1Sam 28:20] (but read probably ᵐ5 וַיִּבָּהֵל We Dr Kit Bu); also, ו omitted, [Psa 106:13]; especially with Imperative [Gen 19:22] (J), [Judg 9:48]; [Est 6:10]; so also עֲנֵנִי מַהֵר [Psa 69:18]; [102:3]; [143:7]; compare [79:8] (see Olon the passage).
3 transitive hasten, = prepare quickly [Gen 18:6]; = bring quickly [1Kin 22:9] [2Chr 18:8]; [Est 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 וּמ ׳קָרוֺב מְאד י, ׳יוֺם [Zeph 1:14]; read also feminine הַמְּהֵרָה (רַגְלוֺ) [1Sam 23:22] his swift foot (for ׳ר ׳מִ רָאָהוּ ᵑ0) 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]; [7:4], [22]; [9:3], [12] (twice in verse); [9:16]; [28:20]; [Josh 2:5] (J), [Judg 2:17], [23]; [Prov 25:8] (on [Psa 69:18]; [79:8]; [102:3]; [143:7], where ׳מ precedes, see above below מָהַר).