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יָחַל

ya.chalH3176

to wait: wait

Used 41 times in the tagged text.

H3176G · יָחַל · to wait: wait

What it means

  • to wait, hope, expect
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : wait[for_time]
  • 1) to wait, hope, expect
  • 1a) (Niphal) to wait
  • 1b) (Piel)
  • 1b1) to wait, await, tarry
  • 1b2) to wait for, hope for
  • 1c) (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for
  • Also means: ya.chal (יָחַל ": hope" H3176H)

H3176H · יָחַל · to wait: hope

What it means

  • to wait, hope, expect
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : hope/trust
  • 1) to wait, hope, expect
  • 1a) (Niphal) to wait
  • 1b) (Piel)
  • 1b1) to wait, await, tarry
  • 1b2) to wait for, hope for
  • 1c) (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for

Same idea, other words · Hope and waiting

Biblical hope is confident expectation, not wishful thinking. Several Hebrew words picture waiting for the Lord.

Where it appears

  • Genesis1
  • 1 Samuel2
  • 2 Samuel1
  • 2 Kings1
  • Job8
  • Psalms19
  • Isaiah2
  • Jeremiah1
  • Lamentations2
  • Ezekiel2
  • Micah2

Every use · BSB

  1. Genesis 8:12וַיִּיָּ֣חֶלand he waited

    And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

  2. 1 Samuel 10:8תּוֹחֵל֙may you wait

    And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”

  3. 1 Samuel 13:8וַיּ֣וֹחֶלand he waited

    And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

  4. 2 Samuel 18:14אֹחִ֣ילָהI will wait

    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

  5. 2 Kings 6:33אוֹחִ֥ילwill I wait

    While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

  6. Job 6:11אֲיַחֵ֑לI will wait

    What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

  7. Job 13:15אֲיַחֵ֑לI will hope

    Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

  8. Job 14:14אֲיַחֵ֑לI will wait

    When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

  9. Job 29:21וְיִחֵ֑לּוּand they waited

    Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

  10. Job 29:23וְיִֽחֲל֣וּand they waited

    They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

  11. Job 30:26וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥הand I waited

    But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

  12. Job 32:11הוֹחַ֨לְתִּיI waited

    Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

  13. Job 32:16וְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּיand will I wait?

    Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

  14. Psalms 31:24הַ֝מְיַחֲלִ֗יםthose [who] wait

    Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.

  15. Psalms 33:18לַֽמְיַחֲלִ֥יםto <the> [those who] hope

    Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

  16. Psalms 33:22יִחַ֥לְנוּwe hope

    May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.

  17. Psalms 38:15הוֹחָ֑לְתִּיI have waited

    I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

  18. Psalms 42:5הוֹחִ֣ילִיwait

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

  19. Psalms 42:11הוֹחִ֣ילִיwait

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

  20. Psalms 43:5הוֹחִ֣ילִיwait

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

  21. Psalms 69:3מְ֝יַחֵ֗לwaiting

    I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

  22. Psalms 71:14אֲיַחֵ֑לI will wait

    But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.

  23. Psalms 119:43יִחָֽלְתִּיI hope

    Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.

  24. Psalms 119:49יִֽחַלְתָּֽנִיyou have made hope me

    Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.

  25. Psalms 119:74יִחָֽלְתִּיI have hoped

    May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

  26. Psalms 119:81יִחָֽלְתִּיI hope

    My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

  27. Psalms 119:114יִחָֽלְתִּיI hope

    You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

  28. Psalms 119:147יִחָֽלְתִּיI hope

    I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

  29. Psalms 130:5הוֹחָֽלְתִּיI hope

    I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

  30. Psalms 130:7יַחֵ֥לhope

    O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

  31. Psalms 131:3יַחֵ֣לhope

    O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.

  32. Psalms 147:11הַֽמְיַחֲלִ֥יםthose [who] hope

    The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

  33. Isaiah 42:4יְיַחֵֽילוּ פthey will wait

    He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

  34. Isaiah 51:5יְיַחֵלֽוּןthey will hope !

    My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

  35. Jeremiah 4:19אוֹחִ֜ילָהI am waiting

    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

  36. Lamentations 3:21אוֹחִֽיל סI will wait

    Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

  37. Lamentations 3:24אוֹחִ֥ילI will wait

    “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

  38. Ezekiel 13:6וְיִֽחֲל֖וּand they have waited

    They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

  39. Ezekiel 19:5נֽוֹחֲלָ֔הshe waited

    When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

  40. Micah 5:7יְיַחֵ֖לit waits

    Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

  41. Micah 7:7אוֹחִ֖ילָהI will wait

    But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

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