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Hosea 6:9
“And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָכָהchâkâh · khaw-kaw'
H2442 · Hebrew
H2442 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
- Derivation
- a primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 (חָקָה) through the idea of piercing);
- KJV renderings
- long, tarry, wait.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- כְ — preposition
- חַכֵּ֨י — verb Piel, infinitive construct
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Kings 7:92 Kings 9:3Job 3:21Job 32:4Psalms 33:20
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 חָכָה 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.