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title: בֶּהָלָה — dismay · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּהָלָה (928), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: dismay. BDB 1906: n.f. dismay, sudden terror ruin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּהָלָה

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«בֶּהָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dismay** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 928 · **BDB:** בֶּֽהָלָה

### Glosses

sudden.terror (2); terror (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dismay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/928/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dismay, sudden terror ruin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/928/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dismay, sudden terror or ruin (cf. Assyrian bêltu, terror, DlPr 32)—בּ׳ abs. Lv 26:16 + 2 times; pl. וּכֶֽהָלוֹת Je 15:8;—sudden terror Lv 26:16 וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֫י עֲלֵיכֶם בּ׳ (appositives follow); cf. Je 15:8; Is 65:23 לֹא יֵֽלְדוּ לַבֶּהָלָה, ψ 78:33 וַיְכַל־בַּהֶבֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּשְׁנוֹתָם בַּבֶּהָלֶה and he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden terror.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּהָלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/928/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.33/)

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וַיְכַל־בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.to.an.end in (the) futility days their and years their in.(the) sudden terror

*JPS 1917:* Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.

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[Isaiah 65:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.23/)

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לֹ֤א יִֽיגְעוּ֙ לָרִ֔יק וְלֹ֥א יֵלְד֖וּ לַבֶּהָלָ֑ה כִּ֣י זֶ֜רַע בְּרוּכֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם אִתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* not they.will.labor to (the) emptiness and not they.will.father.children for.(the) sudden terror (dm) \[will.be\].the.offspring of.\[those\].blessed of.Yahweh they and descendants their \[will be\].with.them

*JPS 1917:* They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

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