חָכָה châkâh — properly, to adhere to
Translated in the KJV as long, tarry, wait.
a primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 through the idea of piercing); properly, to adhere to; hence, to await.
châkâh in each stem
Pi'el
Participle (active) 3Perfect (qatal) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Imperative 2Infinitive construct 1
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 1
And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›