חָכָה (ḥākâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning wait. It appears
14 times
in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2442).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 645)
Range of meaning (TWOT 645)wait, await; tarry, wait for, long for; adhere; long
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָכָהverb: wait, await
Piel
1.wait, tarry
2.wait (in ambush)
3.wait for, long for
Strong's H2442חָכָה: properly, to adhere to; hence, to await KJV:long, tarry, wait.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.