התמהמה

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.

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