יָחַל
ya.chal
to wait: wait
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Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.
1 Samuel 10:8“Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you are to do.”
1 Samuel 13:8He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
2 Samuel 18:14Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.
2 Kings 6:33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
Job 14:14If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.
Job 29:21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
Job 29:23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
Job 32:11“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
Job 32:16Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
Psalms 38:15For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Micah 5:7The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.