Original Language Studio
Psalms 143:7
“Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַהֵרmahêr · mah-hare'
H4118 · Hebrew
H4118 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in ahurry
- Derivation
- from H4116 (מָהַר);
- KJV renderings
- hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.
- Grammar
- מַ֘הֵ֤ר — verb Piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 32:8Deuteronomy 4:26Deuteronomy 7:4Deuteronomy 7:22Deuteronomy 9:3
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 מַהֵר 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.