--- title: בָּהַל — tremble · The Tanakh dictionary description: בָּהַל (926), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: tremble. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/926.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)‎ / בָּהַל‎ # בָּהַל «בָּהַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tremble** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 926 · **BDB:** בָּהַל ### Glosses be.hasty (3); they (3); they.were.terrified (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) tremble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/926/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.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) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בָּהַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/926/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 48:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.6/) 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.23.16/) 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; - ← previous: [בָּהַל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1089.md) - next →: [בֶּהָלָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/928.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)