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Genesis 24:21

וְ הָ אִישׁ מִשְׁתָּאֵה לָהּ מַחֲרִישׁ לָ דַעַת הַ הִצְלִיחַ יְהוָה דַּרְכֹּו אִם לֹא
And the Man, wondering to-herself, is he-who-is-dumb807 to perceive if Yahweh has made his road successful or not.
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Hebrew מַחֲרִ֕ישׁ, macharish. A dumb, mute one, or he-who-is-dumb. Hiphil participle masc. singular. Interpreted to mean silence because of various contexts. See note on Gen. 4:22 on the verb charash.