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# בָּהַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H926

**tremble** — used 38 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

tremble [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/926/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּהַל: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/926/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (NH id. Pt. pass. בהול disquieted; Pi. disquiet; 𝔗 Pa. בַּהֵיל hasten, be precipitate, also dismay: but ܒܗܶܠ is be quiet)— Pf. נִבְהַל 1 S 28:21; נִבְהֲלָה ψ 6:4; נִבְהַלְתִּי Is 21:3; וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי consec. Jb 21:6; נִבְהֲלוּ Gn 45:3 +, etc.; Impf. וַיִּבָּהֵל Ju 20:41; 2 ms. תִּבָּהֵל Ec 8:3; יִבָּהֵלוּ֑ן ψ 104:29, etc.; Pt. נִבְהָל ψ 30:8; נִֽבֳהָל Pr 28:22; f. נִבְהָלָה Zp 1:18;— be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, Gn 45:3 (E) Ju 20:41 1 S 28:21 2 S 4:1 (‖ וַיִּרְפּוּ יָדָיו, cf. Ez 7:27 supr.); of bones of sufferer ψ 6:3 (‖ cf. infr. v 4); of hands of dismayed people Ez 7:27; especially at chastisements & judgments of י׳ Ex 15:15 (song, in E) ψ 6:4 (subj. נֶפֶשׁ, ‖ cf. supr. v 3) v 11 (‖ בושׁ) 30:8; 48:6; 104:29; 83:18 (‖ בושׁ) 90:7 Is 13:8; 21:3 (sq. מִן so as not to) Jb 23:15 (מפני) Je 51:32 Ez 26:18 (del. 𝔊 Co); Jb 4:5 (‖ לאה), cf. also 21:6 as adj. terrible Zp 1:18 כָּלָה אַךְ־נִבְהָלָה. be in haste, hasty (late, cf. Aramaic above): Ec 8:3 אַל־תִּבּ׳ מִפָּנָיו תֵּלֵךְ be not hasty (to) go from him; Pr 28:22 נִבֳהָל לַהוֹן hastening after riches. Impf. וַיְבַהֵל Est 2:9; sf. יְבַהֲלֻהוּ Dn 11:44; וִיבַהֶלְךָ Jb 22:10; יְבַהֲלֵמוֹ ψ 2:5; 2 ms. תְּבַהֲלֵם ψ 83:16; אַל־תְּבַהֵל Ec 5:1; 7:9; Inf. sf. לְבַהֲלֵנִי 2 Ch 35:21; ם—ָ32:18; Part. מבלהים Kt, מְבַהֲלִים Qr Ezr 4:4 (BeRy pref. Kt, v. בלהּ);— dismay, terrify, sq. sf. 2 Ch 32:18 (‖ ירא), Dn 11:44 Jb 22:10 (subj. פַּחַד), ψ 2:5 (subj. י׳) 83:16 (‖ רדף; subj. י׳); cf. also Ezr 4:4 (v. sub בלהּ). hasten, make haste, act hastily (late), 2 Ch 35:21 וֵאלֹהִים אָמַר לְבַהֲלֵנִי God hath given command to speed me (RVm); sq. inf. make haste Est 2:9; of hasty speech Ec 5:1 אַל־תְּב׳ עַל־פִּיךָ (‖ וְלִבְּךָ אַל־יְמַהֵר לְהוֹצִיא דָבָר); of anger Ec 7:9 אַל־תְּב׳ בְּרוּחֲךָ לִכְעוֹם. Pt. pl. מְבֹהָלִים Est 8:14, cf. מְבֹהֶלֶת Qr Pr 20:21 (so read with Vrss Now Str; AV RV); Kt מבחלת v. בחל;—hastened Est 8:14 of royal posts (‖ דְּחוּפִים); hastily gained נַחֲלָה מְב׳ Pr 20:21. Pf. sf. הִבְהִילָ֑נִי Jb 23:16; Impf. sf. וַיַּבְהִלוּהוּ 2 Ch 26:20; 3 mpl. וַיַּבְהִלוּ Est 6:14;— dismay, terrify, sq. sf. Jb 23:16 (subj. שַׁדַּי; ‖ הֵרַךְ לִבִּי). (late) hasten, hurry (trans.), 2 Ch 26:20 וַיַּבְהִלוּהוּ מִשָּׁם and they hurried him thence (‖ נִדְחַף); make haste, sq. inf. Est 6:14 וַיּב׳ לְהָבִיא and they make haste to bring Haman.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: be hasty (3); they (3); they were terrified (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 48:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.6/#tree)

הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* they they.saw thus they.were.astonished they.were.terrified they.hurried.away

*JPS 1917:* They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.

[Job 23:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.23.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.23.16/#tree)

וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* and God he.has.made.timid heart my and.\[the\] Almighty he has.terrified.me

*JPS 1917:* Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/926.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/926/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).