התמהמה

Hebrew

Root
מ־ה־מ־הּ (m-h-m-hּ)
1 term

Verb

הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ • (hitmahméah) (hitpa'el construction)

1. to tarry, be delayed, dawdle

   Synonym: הִתְעַכֵּב (hit'akkév)

   • Tanach, Exodus 12:39, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאפוּ אֶת־הַבָּצֵק אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם עֻגֹת מַצּוֹת כִּי לֹא חָמֵץ כִּי־גֹרְשׁוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהִתְמַהְמֵהַּ וְגַם־צֵדָה לֹא־עָשׂוּ לָהֶם׃

     vayofú 'et-habatsék 'ashér hotsí'u mimitsráyim 'ugót matsót kí ló khaméts ki-gor'shú mimitsráyim v'ló yakh'lú l'hitmahméah v'gam-tsedá lo-'asú lahém.
     wayyōp̄ū ʾeṯ-habbāṣēq ʾăšer hōṣī́ʾū mimmiṣráyim ʿūḡōṯ maṣṣōṯ kī lō ḥāmēṣ kī-ḡōrəšū mimmiṣráyim wəlō yāḵəlū ləhiṯmahmḗah wəḡam-ṣēḏā lō-ʿāśū lāhem.

     And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

   • (Can we date this quote?), anonymous author, The Thirteen Principles of Faith According to Maimonides:

     אֲנִי מַאֲמִין בֶּאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה. בְּבִיאַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיִּתְמַהְמֵהַּ. עִם כָּל זֶה אֲחַכֶּה לּוֹ בְּכָל יוֹם שֶׁיָּבוֹא:

     I believe with complete faith in the coming of the messiah, and even though he may tarry, nonetheless I shall wait every day for him to come.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהִתְמַהְמֵהַּ action noun: הִתְמַהְמְהוּת
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִתְמַהְמַהְתִּי		הִתְמַהְמַהְנוּ
	second	הִתְמַהְמַהְתָּ	הִתְמַהְמַהְתְּ	הִתְמַהְמַהְתֶּם	הִתְמַהְמַהְתֶּן
	third	הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ	הִתְמַהְמְהָה	הִתְמַהְמְהוּ
present		מִתְמַהְמֵהַּ	מִתְמַהְמַהַת	מִתְמַהְמְהִים	מִתְמַהְמְהוֹת
future	first	אֶתְמַהְמֵהַּ		נִתְמַהְמֵהַּ
	second	תִּתְמַהְמֵהַּ	תִּתְמַהְמְהִי	תִּתְמַהְמְהוּ	תִּתְמַהְמַהְנָה1
	third	יִתְמַהְמֵהַּ	תִּתְמַהְמֵהַּ	יִתְמַהְמְהוּ	תִּתְמַהְמַהְנָה1
imperative		הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ	הִתְמַהְמְהִי	הִתְמַהְמְהוּ	הִתְמַהְמַהְנָה1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H4102 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible