# H4102 מָהַהּ

מָהַהּ (mâhahh), Strong’s H4102: properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant KJV: delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.. Occurs 9 times.

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*mâhahh* — properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant

KJV: delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.

Derived from [מָה mâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H4100) (interrogative what?)

Occurs 9 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מָהַהּ] vb. only Hithpalp. linger, tarry

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 19:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=16) — But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, the LORD being merciful…
- [Genesis 43:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=10) — for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”
- [Exodus 12:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/12?v=39) — They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt; for it wasn’t leavened, because they were…
- [Judges 3:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=26) — Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.
- [Judges 19:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/19?v=8) — He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady’s father said, “Please strengthen your…
- [2 Samuel 15:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=28) — Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
- [Isaiah 29:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=9) — Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong…
- [Habakkuk 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/2?v=3) — For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes…
- [Psalms 119:60](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=60) — I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.