Lexical Definition

‎בֶּהָלָה‎ behâlâh (beh-haw-law') dismay ^H:N-F
from ‎בָּהַל‎

terror, trouble.

• panic, destruction

1) dismay, sudden terror or ruin, alarm

See Greek: ἀπορία · κατάρα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎ֶ˜בּהָלָה‎ noun feminine dismay, sudden terror or ruin (compare Assyrian bêltu, terror, Dl^{Pr 32}) — ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ absolute Lev 26:16 + 2 t.; plural ‎וֶּ˜בהָלוֺת‎ Jer 15:8 — sudden terror Lev 26:16 ‎׳‎‎וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֫י עֲלֵיכֶם בּ‎ (appositives follow); compare Jer 15:8; Isa 65:23 ‎לֹא יֵָֽלְדוּ לַבֶּהָלָה‎, Ps 78:33 ‎וַיְכַלבַּֿהֶבֶל‎ ‎יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּשְׁנוֺתָם בַּבֶּהָלָה‎ and he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden terror.

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