Lexical Definition

‎בָּהַל‎ bâhal (baw-hal') to dismay ^H:V
a primitive root

be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.

• to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated
• by implication to hasten anxiously

1) 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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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּהַל‎] verb (Late Hebrew id. Passive participle ‎בהול‎ disquieted; Pi`el disquiet; ᵑ7 Pa`el ‎בַּהֵיל‎ hasten, be precipitate, also dismay: but is be quiet) —

Niph`al Perfect ‎נִבְהַל‎ 1Sam 28:21 ‎נִבְהֲלָה‎ Ps 6:4* ‎נִבְהַלְתִּי‎ Isa 21:3 ‎וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי‎ consecutive Job 21:6 ‎נִבְהֲלוּ‎ Gen 45:3 +, etc.; Imperfect ‎וַיִּבָּהֵל‎ Judg 20:41 2 masculine singular ‎תִּבָּהֵל‎ Eccl 8:3 ‎יִבָּהֵלוּ֑ן‎ Ps 104:29, etc.; Participle ‎נִבְהָל‎ Ps 30:8* ‎נִָֽבֳהָל‎ Prov 28:22 feminine ‎נִבְהָלָה‎ Zeph 1:18 —

1. be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, Gen 45:3 (E) Judg 20:41; 1Sam 28:21; 2Sam 4:1 (|| ‎וַיִּרְפּוּ‎ ‎יָדָיו‎, compare Ezek 7:27 above); of bones of sufferer Ps 6:3* (|| compare below vPs 6:4*); of hands of dismayed people Ezek 7:27 especially at chastisements & judgments of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 15:15 (song, in E) Ps 6:4* (subject ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎, || compare above vPs 6:3*) vPs 6:11* (|| ‎בושׁ‎) Ps 30:8* compare Ps 104:29; Ps 83:18* (|| ‎בושׁ‎) Ps 90:7; Isa 13:8; Isa 21:3 (followed by ‎מִן‎ of occasion of fear) Job 23:15 (id.) Jer 51:32; Ezek 26:18 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); Job 4:5 (|| ‎לאה‎), compare also Job 21:6 as adjective terrible Zeph 1:18 ‎כָּלָה אַךְנִֿבְהָלָה‎.

2. be in haste, hasty (late, compare Aramaic above): Eccl 8:3 ‎מִפָּנָיו תֵּלֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎אַלתִּֿבּ‎ be not hasty (to) go from him; Prov 28:22 ‎נִבֳהָל לַהוֺן‎ hastening after riches. Pi`el Imperfect ‎וַיְבַהֵל‎ Esth 2:9 suffix ‎יְבַהֲלֻהוּ‎ Dan 11:44 ‎וִיבַהֶלְךָ‎ Job 22:10 ‎יְבַהֲלֵמוֺ‎ Ps 2:5 2 masculine singular ‎תְּבַהֲלֵם‎ Ps 83:16* ‎אַלתְּֿבַהֵל‎ Exod 5:1; Exod 7:9 Infinitive suffix ‎לְבַהֲלֵנִי‎ 2Chr 35:21 ‎םָ֯‎ 2Chr 32:18 Particle ‎מבלהים‎ Kt, ‎מְבַהֲלִים‎ Qr Ezra 4:4 (BeRy prefix Kt, see ‎בלהּ‎); —

1. dismay, terrify, followed by suffix 2Chr 32:18 (|| ‎ירא‎), Dan 11:44; Job 22:10 (subject ‎פַּחַד‎), Ps 2:5 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) Ps 83:16* (|| ‎רדף‎; subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); compare also Ezra 4:4 (see below ‎בלהּ‎).

2. hasten, make haste, act hastily (late), 2Chr 35:21 ‎וֵאלֹהִים אָמַר לְבַהֲלֵנִי‎ God hath given command to speed me (RVm); followed by infinitive make haste Esth 2:9 of hasty speech Eccl 5:1* ‎׳‎‎אַלתְּֿב‎ ‎עַלפִּֿיךָ‎ (|| ‎וְלִבְּךָ אַליְֿמַהֵר לְהוֺצִיא דָבָר‎); of anger Eccl 7:9 ‎בְּרוּחֲךָ לִכְעוֺס‎ ‎׳‎‎אַלתְּֿב‎. Pu`al Participle plural ‎מְבֹהָלִים‎ Esth 8:14, compare ‎מְבֹהֶלֶת‎ Qr Prov 20:21 (so read with Vrss Now Str; AV RV); Kt ‎מבחלת‎ see ‎בחל‎; — hastened Esth 8:14 of royal posts (|| ‎דְּחוּפִים‎); hastily gained ‎׳‎‎נַחֲלָה מְב‎ Prov 20:21. Hiph`il Perfect suffix ‎הִבְהִילָ֑נִי‎ Job 23:16 Imperfect suffix ‎וַיַּבְהִלוּהוּ‎ 2Chr 26:20 3 masculine plural ‎וַיַּבְהִלוּ‎ Esth 6:14 —

1. dismay, terrify, followed by suffix Job 23:16 (subject ‎שַׁדַּי‎; || ‎הֵרַךְ לִבִּי‎).

2. (late) hasten, hurry (transitive), 2Chr 26:20 ‎וַיַּבְהִלוּהוּ מִשָּׁם‎ and they hurried him thence (|| ‎נִדְחַף‎); make haste, followed by infinitive Esth 6:14 ‎לְהָבִיא‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיַּב‎ and they make haste to bring Haman.

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