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STRONGS NUMBER H926
Transliteration: bahal
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-hal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to disturb, terrify
Meaning: to tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously
Word Summary
bahal: to disturb, terrify
Original Word: בָּהלTransliteration: bahal
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-hal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to disturb, terrify
Meaning: to tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously
Strong's Concordance
be make affrighted afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash, thrust out, A primitive root; to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously -- be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H926. bahal
[בָּהַל] verb (Late Hebrew id. Passive participle בהול disquieted; Pi`el disquiet; ᵑ7 Pa`el בַּהֵיל hasten, be precipitate, also dismay: but is be quiet) —
Niph`al Perfect נִבְהַל 1 Samuel 28:21; נִבְהֲלָה Psalm 6:4; נִבְהַלְתִּי Isaiah 21:3; וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי consecutive Job 21:6; נִבְהֲלוּ Genesis 45:3 +, etc.; Imperfect וַיִּבָּהֵל Judges 20:41; 2masculine singular תִּבָּהֵל Ecclesiastes 8:3; יִבָּהֵלוּ֑ן Psalm 104:29, etc.; Participle נִבְהָל 30:8; נִָֽבֳהָל Proverbs 28:22; feminine נִבְהָלָה Zephaniah 1:18; —
1 be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, Genesis 45:3 (E) Judges 20:41; 1 Samuel 28:21; 2 Samuel 4:1 ("" יָדָיו וַיִּרְמּוּ, compare Ezekiel 7:27 above); of bones of sufferer Psalm 6:3 ("" compare below 6:4); of hands of dismayed people Ezekiel 7:27; especially at chastisements & judgments of ׳י Exodus 15:15 (song, in E) Psalm 6:4 (subject נֶפֶשׁ, "" compare above 6:3) Psalm 6:11 ("" בושׁ) 30:8; compare 104:29; 83:18 ("" בושׁ) 90:7; Isaiah 13:8; 21:3 (followed by מִן of occasion of fear) Job 23:15 (id.) Jeremiah 51:32; Ezekiel 26:18 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); Job 4:5 ("" לאה), compare also 21:6 as adjective terrible Zephaniah 1:18 אַךְנִֿבְהָלָה כָּלָה.
2 be in haste, hasty (late, compare Aramaic above): Ecclesiastes 8:3 ׳אַלתִּֿבּ תֵּלֵךְ מִמָּנָיו be not hasty (to) go from him; Proverbs 28:22 לַהוֺן נִבֳהָל hastening after riches.
Pi`el Imperfect וַיְבַהֵל Esther 2:9; suffix יְבַהֲלֻהוּ Daniel 11:44; וִיבַהֶלְךָ Job 22:10; יְבַהֲלֵמוֺ Psalm 2:5; 2masculine singular תְּבַהֲלֵם 83:16; אַלתְּֿבַהֵל Exodus 5:1; 7:9; Infinitive suffix לְבַהֲלֵנִי2 Chronicles 35:21; םָ֯32:18; Particle מבלהים Kt, מְבַהֲלִים Qr Ezra 4:4 (BeRy prefix Kt, see בלהּ); —
1 dismay, terrify, followed by suffix 2 Chronicles 32:18 ("" ירא), Daniel 11:44; Job 22:10 (subject מַּחַד), Psalm 2:5 (subject ׳י) 83:16 ("" רדף; subject ׳י); compare also Ezra 4:4 (see below בלהּ).
2 hasten, make haste, act hastily (late), 2 Chronicles 35:21 לְבַהֲלֵנִי אָמַר וֵאלֹהִים God hath given command to speed me (RVm); followed by infinitive make haste Esther 2:9; of hasty speech Ecclesiastes 5:1 עַלמִּֿיךָ ׳אַלתְּֿב ("" דָבָר לְהוֺצִיא אַליְֿמַהֵר וְלִבְּךָ); of anger 7:9 ׳אַלתְּֿב לִכְעוֺס בְּרוּחֲךָ.
Pu`al Participle plural מְבֹהָלִים Esther 8:14, compare מְבֹהֶלֶת Qr Proverbs 20:21 (so read with Vrss Now Str; AV RV); Kt מבחלת see בחל; — hastened Esther 8:14 of royal posts ("" דְּחוּפִים); hastily gained מְב ׳נַחֲלָה Proverbs 20:21.
Hiph`il Perfect suffix הִבְהִילָ֑נִי Job 23:16; Imperfect suffix וַיַּבְהִלוּהוּ2 Chronicles 26:20; 3 masculine plural וַיַּבְהִלוּ Esther 6:14; —
1 dismay, terrify, followed by suffix Job 23:16 (subject שַׁדַּי; "" לִבִּי הֵרַךְ).
2 (late) hasten, hurry (transitive), 2 Chronicles 26:20 מִשָּׁם וַיַּבְהִלוּהוּ and they hurried him thence ("" נִדְחַף); make haste, followed by infinitive Esther 6:14 ׳וַיַּב לְהָבִיא and they make haste to bring Haman.