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HTML

<div class="myDiv" data-track='hover'>
test
</div>
<div class="myDiv" data-track='hover'>
test2
</div>

JavaScript

$('.myDiv[data-track=hover]').on("mouseenter",function(){
	var $elem = $(this);
  $elem.attr("data-hover",true);
  window.setTimeout(function() {
  	if ($elem.attr("data-hover")) {
  		console.log('mouse is still over this element');
      console.log($elem);
  	}
  }, 2000);
})

$('.myDiv[data-track=hover]').on("mouseenter",function(){
  $(this).attr("data-hover",false);
});