Strong's Lexicon: H3176 יָחַל

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3176
Word:	יָחַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	42
Transliteration:	yachal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-chal'
Meaning:	1. to wait 2. (by implication) to be patient, hope
KJV Renderings:	(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.

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[יָחַל] verb Niph`al wait; Pi`el await (compare Late Hebrew יִחוּל expectation); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נוֺחֲלָה Ezek 19:5 (yet see below); Imperfect וַיִּיָּ֫חֶל Gen 8:12 + 1Sam 13:18 Kt (see Dr; Qr Hiph`il וַיּוֺחֶל); — wait: Gen 8:12 and he waited yet seven days; so 1Sam 13:18 Kt ; of Israel under figure of lioness, וַתֵּרֶא כִּי נוֺחֲלָה אָֽבְדָה תִּקְוָתָהּ Ezek 19:5 when she saw that her hope tarried, was lost (but dubious; Sm compare Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2211] be weak, whence perhaps sink down; Hi (perhaps after ᵐ5 ) כִּי נִדַּח לָהּ that he was thrust away from her; Co plausibly נוֺאֲלָה that she had acted foolishly).

Pi`el Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix יִחַלְתָּ֑נִי Ps 119:49 1 singular יִחָ֑לְתִּי Ps 119:48 + 4 t. Ps 119 3 masculine plural יִחֲלוּ Job 29:23; Ezek 13:6 יִחֵ֑לּוּ Job 29:21 1 plural יִחַלְנוּ Ps 33:22 Imperfect יְיַחֵל Mic 5:6 אֲיַחֵל Job 6:11 + 3 t.; אֲיַחֲלָה Job 30:26 יְיַחֵ֑לוּ Isa 42:4 יְיַחֵלוּן Isa 51:5 Imperative יַחֵל Ps 130:7 ; Ps 131:3 Participle מְיַחֵל Ps 69:4 מְיַחֲלִים Ps 31:25 + 2 t.; —

1. wait, tarry for, followed by לְ Mic 5:6 (of rain, || יְקַוֶּה); so Mic 1:12 according to We, who reads יִחֲלָה (Perfect) for חָלָה; absolute wait Job 14:14.

2. wait for = hope for, followed by לְ Isa 42:4 ; Job 29:21; Job 29:23; Job 30:25 (|| קִוֵּיתִי), Ps 31:25; Ps 33:18; Ps 33:22; Ps 69:4 ; Ps 119:43; Ps 119:74; Ps 119:81; Ps 119:114; Ps 119:147; Ps 147:11 followed by ל infinitive לְקַיֵּם דָּבָר ׳ ויח Ezek 13:6 followed by אֶל Isa 51:5 ; Ps 130:7 ; Ps 131:3 absolute hope, Job 6:11 ; Job 13:15; Ps 71:14.

3. causative make to hope Ps 119:49 (suffix person).

Hiph`il Perfect הוֺתַ֫לְתִּי Job 32:11, etc.; וְהוֺחַ֫לְתִּי (consecutive, see Hi De² Dr^{§:§ 106, 119r}) Job 32:16 Imperfect וַיּ֫וֺחֶל 1Sam 13:8 Qr ; 2 masculine singular תּוֺחֵל 1Sam 10:8 אוֺחִיל 2Kgs 6:33; Lam 3:21 ; Lam 3:24 אוֺתִּ֫ילָה Jer 4:19 Qr ( Kt אָחוּלָה), Mic 7:7 אֹחִילָה 2Sam 18:14 — wait, tarry, absolute (properly shew a waiting attitude): 1Sam 10:8 (followed by עַד בּוֺאִי), 1Sam 13:8 ( Qr ; compare Niph`al); 2Sam 18:14; Job 32:18; Jer 4:19 (but see חול ); wait for, hope for (as Pi`el), followed by לְ 2Kgs 6:33; Mic 7:7; Lam 3:24; Job 32:11; Ps 38:16; Ps 42:6; Ps 42:12; Ps 43:5; Ps 130:5 (|| קִוִּיתִי); absolute hope, Lam 3:21.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יחל (yah-gheel)

Lamentations 3:26

KJV: It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

EHCC: (It is) good that (a man) should both hope

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