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Euphrates” (1 Chron. 18:3). “To be delivered into one’s hands” means to be “given into
one’s power”: “God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into
a town that hath gates and bars” (1 Sam. 23:7; cf. Prov. 18:21).
“To fill someone’s hand” may be a technical term for “installing him” in office: “And
thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them,
and consecrate them [literally, “fill their hands”], and sanctify them, that they may
minister unto me in the priest’s office” (Exod. 28:41).
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is frequently joined to the
preposition |beand other prepositions as an extension; there is no change in meaning, only
a longer form: “For what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?” (1 Sam. 26:18).
TO HASTEN, MAKE HASTE
(
, 4116), “to hasten, make haste.” This verb and various derivatives are
common to both ancient and modern Hebrew.
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occurs approximately 70 times in
the Hebrew Bible; it appears twice in the first verse in which it is found: “And Abraham
into the tent unto Sarah, and said,
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three measures of fine
meal …” (Gen. 18:6).
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often has an adverbial use when it appears with another
verb, such as in Gen. 18:7: “… hasted to dress it” (or “quickly prepared it”).
TO HATE
A. Verb.
(
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, 8130), “to hate, set against.” This verb appears in Ugaritic, Moabite,
Aramaic, and Arabic. It appears in all periods of Hebrew and about 145 times in the
Bible.
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represents an emotion ranging from intense “hatred” to the much weaker “set
against” and is used of persons and things (including ideas, words, inanimate objects).
The strong sense of the word typifies the emotion of jealousy; and therefore,
is
the feeling Joseph’s brothers experienced because their father preferred him (Gen. 37:4;
cf. v. 11). This “hatred” increased when Joseph reported his dreams (Gen. 37:8).
Obviously, the word covers emotion ranging from “bitter disdain” to outright “hatred,”
for in Gen. 37:18ff. the brothers plotted Joseph’s death and achieved his removal.
This emphasis can be further heightened by a double use of the root. Delilah’s father
told Samson: “I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her [literally, “hating, you
hated her”] …” (Judg. 15:2).
One special use of
is ingressive, indicating the initiation of the emotion. So
“Amnon hated [literally, “began to hate”] her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith
he hated [“began to hate”] her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her” (2
Sam. 13:15). This emphasis appears again in Jer. 12:8: “Mine heritage is unto me as a
lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I [come to hate] it” (also cf. Hos.
9:15).
In a weaker sense,
signifies “being set against” something. Jethro advised
Moses to select men who hated [“were set against”] covetousness to be secondary judges
over Israel (Exod. 18:21). A very frequent but special use of the verb means “to be
unloved.” For example,
may indicate that someone is “untrustworthy,” therefore an