בָּהַל
ba.hal
“to dismay”
Definition
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
a primitive root;
- to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, anxious 1a2) to be in haste, be hasty 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make haste, act hastily, be hurried, be hastened 1b2) to dismay, terrify 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to hasten 1c2) hastened, hastily gained (part.) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to hasten, hurry, make haste 1d2) to dismay, terrify
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
בָּהַל appears 31 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
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Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary.It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
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