לִ/מְחַכֵּה
𐤋/𐤌𐤇𐤊𐤄
châkâh
for him who waits
To wait, to look forward to, to remain in expectation; conveys a sense of patient endurance, persistent hope, or confident anticipation, often with the nuance of enduring a period of delay or hardship in anticipation of a desired event or person.
Isaiah 64:3 · Word #12
Lexicon H2442
| Lemma | חָכָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤊𐤄 |
| Transliteration | châkâh |
| Strong's | H2442 |
| Definition | To wait, to look forward to, to remain in expectation; conveys a sense of patient endurance, persistent hope, or confident anticipation, often with the nuance of enduring a period of delay or hardship in anticipation of a desired event or person. |
Morphology HR/Vprmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | for him who waits |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2442-09
for the eagerly waiting one
| Morphological Notes | Piel active participle, masculine singular, construct, with prefixed preposition ל ("for/to"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Piel active participle masculine singular conveys an intensive or sustained act of waiting, hence "eagerly waiting." The prefixed ל preposition is preserved as "for," and the participial form is rendered as a verbal adjective ("the ... one"). |
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