Original Language Studio
Genesis 19:22
“Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָהַרmâhar · maw-har'
H4116 · Hebrew
H4116 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- 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.
- Grammar
- מַהֵר֙ — verb Piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 64 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:6Genesis 18:6Genesis 18:7Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָהַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.