זָחַל
za.chal
“to crawl”
Definition
to crawl; by implication, to fear
a primitive root;
- to shrink back, crawl away 1a) (Qal) crawling, creeping (participle) (meton)
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Occurrences
זָחַל appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
They will be wasted from hungerand ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them,with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared:“I am young in years,while you are old;that is why I was timid and afraidto tell you what I know.
They will lick the dust like a snake,like reptiles slithering on the ground.They will crawl from their holesin the presence of the LORD our God;they will tremble in fear of You.
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