מְהֵרָה

Numbers 16:46 מְהֵרָ֛ה quickly

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

Here: With haste. People are already dying, and v.47 says Aaron 'ran'.

Deuteronomy 11:17 מְהֵרָ֗ה quickly

or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

Here: "Quickly." The ruin will not drag on for generations. The same words, "perish quickly from upon the land", appear in Deuteronomy 4:26.

Joshua 8:19 מְהֵרָ֨ה quickly

and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

Here: An adverb that stresses there was no delay between signal and response. It is the first of two 'haste' words in the verse.

Joshua 10:6 מְהֵרָ֗ה quickly

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

Here: “Quickly, with haste”: the town is already under siege (v. 5). Joshua answers by marching all night (v. 9).

Joshua 23:16 מְהֵרָ֔ה quickly

If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

Here: 'Quickly.' This answers the slow, step-by-step gift of the land in 23:5 and 13. Losing it will not be gradual.

Judges 9:54 מְהֵרָ֜ה quickly

He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

1 Samuel 20:38 מְהֵרָ֥ה quickly

Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

2 Samuel 17:16 מְהֵרָה֩ quickly

Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

2 Samuel 17:18 מְהֵרָ֜ה quickly

But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

2 Samuel 17:21 מְהֵרָה֙ quickly

After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

Here: An adverb meaning speed: 'right now.' Ahithophel's plan depended on striking that very night (17:1), so the crossing could not wait until morning.

2 Kings 1:11 מְהֵרָ֥ה quickly

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

Psalm 31:2 מְהֵרָ֪ה quickly

Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Here: 'Quickly, without delay.' By the Masoretic accents it belongs with the next word: 'quickly rescue me.' The danger is pressing; delay itself would be the disaster.

Psalm 37:2 מְהֵרָ֣ה quickly

For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

Here: Can mean both "soon" (it won't be long) and "fast" (it happens suddenly). Both fit: their end is near and it comes abruptly, the way grass browns in a few days of hot wind.

Psalm 147:15 מְ֝הֵרָ֗ה quickly

He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.

Here: "Haste/speed." With ʿad it means "with all speed". The KJV and WEB "very swiftly" catches the extra force better than a plain "swiftly".

Ecclesiastes 4:12 בִמְהֵרָ֖ה <in> quickly

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 מְהֵרָ֑ה quickly

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

Here: 'Quickly, speedily.' The complaint is about delay, not that judgment never comes. It goes with 'is not done': the verdict is not carried out quickly.

Isaiah 5:26 מְהֵרָ֖ה quickly

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

Here: 'Quickly.' This bitterly answers the scoffers of 5:19, who said, 'Let him hurry (yemaher) his work so we may see it.' They wanted speed, and here it comes.

Isaiah 58:8 מְהֵרָ֣ה quickly

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Here: 'Speedily.' This answers the complaint behind the chapter, that God has been slow to respond to their fasting (v. 3).

Jeremiah 27:16 מְהֵרָ֑ה quickly

Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.

Joel 3:4 מְהֵרָ֔ה quickly

Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

Here: 'Speedily.' Two words for speed set side by side with no 'and' between them (the KJV's 'and' is in italics/brackets): the answer will come with no delay.