{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3176",
  "lemma": "יָחַל",
  "transliteration": "yâchal",
  "definition": "to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope",
  "kjv": "(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.",
  "occurrences": 40,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[יָחַל] vb. Niph. wait; Pi. await",
    "Niph. wait",
    "Pi.",
    "1. wait, tarry for",
    "2. wait for = hope for",
    "Hiph. wait, tarry"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:12",
      "text": "He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 10:8",
      "text": "“Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/10?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 13:8",
      "text": "He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:14",
      "text": "Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them through…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 6:33",
      "text": "While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/6?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 42:4",
      "text": "He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 51:5",
      "text": "My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/51?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 13:6",
      "text": "They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, ‘The LORD says;’ but the LORD has not sent them. They have made…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/13?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 19:5",
      "text": "“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Micah 5:6",
      "text": "The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/5?v=6"
    }
  ],
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