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Strong's #02442 - חָכָה
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- Strong
1) to wait, wait for, await
1a) (Qal) to wait for
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wait, tarry
1b2) to wait (in ambush)
1b3) to wait for, long for
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1172) kh (ההכ HhK) AC: Stick CO: Palate AB: Tarry: The h represents a wall such as the ridge in the middle of the palate. The k represents the palm, a curved surface such as found on the roof of the mouth. The roof of the mouth.
A) kh (ההכ HhK) AC: ? CO: Palate AB: ?
Nm ) kh (ההכ HhK) - Palate: KJV (18): mouth, roof of the mouth, taste - Strongs: H2441 (חֵךְ)
Nf1) ekh (ההכה HhKH) - Hook: As fastened to the roof of a fishes mouth. KJV (3): angle, hook - Strongs: H2443 (חַכָּה)
H) ekh (ההכה HhKH) AC: Stick CO: ? AB: ?: When the mouth is dry the tongue sticks to the roof of the mouth causing the speaker to wait to speak.
V) ekh (ההכה HhKH) - Tarry: KJV (14): (vf: Paal, Piel) tarry, wait, long - Strongs: H2442 (חָכָה)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Participle pl construct חוֺכֵי Isaiah 30:18; with לְ waiting for him (׳י).
Pi`elחִכָּה Job 32:4; חִכְּתָה Psalm 33:20; חִכִּיתִי Isaiah 8:17; חִכּוּ Psalm 106:13; חִכִּינוּ 2 Kings 7:9; Imperfect יְחַכֶּה Isaiah 30:18; תְּחַכֶּה 2 Kings 9:3; Imperative חַכֵּהֿ Habakkuk 2:3; חִכּוּ Zephaniah 3:8; Infinitive construct כְּחַכֵּי Hosea 6:9 (Ephr for חַכֵּה?); Participle מְחַכֶּה Daniel 12:12; construct מְחַכֵּה Isaiah 64:3; plural מְחַכִּים Job 3:21; —
1 wait, tarry, absolute 2 Kings 9:3 tarry not; with עַד till morning light 2 Kings 7:9; with accusative את איובבדברים Job 32:4 tarry for Job with words.
2 wait (in ambush), כְּחַכֵּי אִישׁ גְּדוּדִים Hosea 6:9 as marauding bands wait for a man AV RV Deuteronomy , or as marauders lie in wait Hi Ew (taking אישׁ as construct)
3 wait for, long for, with לְ for ׳י Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 64:3; Zephaniah 3:8; Psalm 33:20; for his counsel Psalm 106:13; for his vision Habakkuk 2:3; for death Job 3:21; יחכה יהוה לחננכם Yahweh waiteth to be gracious unto you Isaiah 30:18 (Di regards this as threatening and refers it to
1); absolute waiteth (and cometh to the days of blessedness) Daniel 12:12.
חַכָּה
see below חנך.
חכל (√of following; compare Arabic 
IV. be confused, vague; 
barbarousness, or impediment in speech; Assyrian akâlu, be gloomy, êklu, dark, eklitu, darkness, Dl in Zim Bp 115, w. 385 ff., compare Jäger BAS ii, 282).
חָכָה to wait. (Alb. Schultens, on Job 3:21, seeks for the primary idea in tying, or binding, comp. Arab. حكأ to tie a knot, and the Latin moram nectere ap. Senecam Trag. & Val. Flacc. ). In Kal once, part. [active] const. חוֹכֵי Isaiah 30:18, followed by לְ. Of more frequent occurrence is
Piel חִכָּה id. 2 Kings 7:9 followed by an acc. and לְ, Job 32:4 especially used as חִכָּה לַיהֹוָה to wait for Jehovah (full of confidence), Psalms 33:20 Isai. 8:17 Isaiah 30:18, יְחַכֶּה יְהֹוָה לַחֲנַנְכֶם “Jehovah will wait that he may be gracious to you,” if he can again be favourable to you. Inf. in a Ch. form חַכֵּי Hosea 6:9. [“In the parallel member is יָרוּם he will arise, sc. in order to do this or that, which thus comes near to the Arab. رام i.q. ὀρέγεσθαι.” Ges. add.]
