da.chaph denotes urgent movement, whether someone is hurried away, hurries home, or couriers are sent out swiftly.

The attested verses consistently place da.chaph in situations of urgency: a man is taken out, Haman goes home quickly, and couriers depart promptly under a king’s command.

1. Urgent movement or being hurried along · dominant

   The forms occur where movement is pressed forward by an urgent situation: in 2 Chronicles 26:20 the APB renders the priests taking the afflicted man out and his own quick departure; in Esther 6:12 it renders Haman going home quickly in mourning. The Qal passive participles in Esther 3:15 and Esther 8:14 occur with couriers dispatched under the king’s command, where the APB renders their departure as being “in haste” and going out “urgently and speedily.”

   2 Chronicles 26:20Esther 3:15Esther 6:12Esther 8:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with “hurried,” “in haste,” and “urgently and speedily.” These expressions confirm the verses’ urgent movement without fixing a separate English rendering for each form.