מָהִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4106

quick — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

quick tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָהִיר: adj. quick, prompt, ready, skilled tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. quick, prompt, ready, skilled;—סוֹפֵר מ׳ ψ 45:2 Ezr 7:6; אִישׁ מ׳ בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ Pr 22:29; cstr. מְהִר צֶדֶק Is 16:5 prompt in justice.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: skilled (3); prompt (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 22:29 · tree →

חָזִ֡יתָ אִ֤ישׁ ׀ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹ לִֽפְנֵֽי־מְלָכִ֥ים יִתְיַצָּ֑ב בַּל־יִ֝תְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵ֥י חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃פ

Word for word: you.see a.person skilled in work his before kings he.will.take.his.stand not he.will.take.his.stand before insignificant.[people]

JPS 1917: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Psalms 45:2 · tree →

רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣י לְמֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃

Word for word: it.is.aroused heart my a.word good [am].speaking I work(s) my to.[the] king tongue my [is].a.stylus of.a.scribe skilled

JPS 1917: My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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