Lexical Definition

‎בָּעַת‎ bâʻath (baw-ath') to terrify ^H:V
a primitive root

affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.

• to fear

1) to terrify, startle, fall upon, dismay, be overtaken by sudden terror
1a) (Niphal) to be terrified
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to fall upon, overwhelm
1b2) to terrify

See Greek: ἐπιβλέπω · θαμβέω · θορυβέω · καταράομαι · πνίγω · ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּעַת‎] verb fall upon, startle, terrify (Arabic come or happen suddenly, Late Hebrew ‎בָּעִת‎ Hiph`il startle; so Aramaic ‎בְּעֵת‎ Pa`el Aph`el) —

Niph`al (late prose) Perfect ‎נִבְעַת‎ 1Chr 21:30, ‎נִבְעָ֑ת‎ Esth 7:6 ‎נִבְעַתִּי‎ Dan 8:17 — be terrified, absolute Dan 8:17 with ‎מפני‎ 1Chr 21:30; Esth 7:6. Pi`el (mostly in poetry) Perfect 3 feminine singular suffix ‎בִּעֲתָ֑תְנִי‎ Isa 21:4, ‎וּבִעֲתַ֫תּוּ‎ 1Sam 16:14 3 plural suffix ‎בִּעֲתֻהוּ‎ Job 18:11 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּבַעֵת‎ Job 13:11 suffix ‎תְּבַעֲתַ֑נִּי‎ Job 9:34; Job 13:21, ‎תְּבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ‎ Job 33:7 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תְּבַעֲתַ֑נּי‎ Job 7:14 3 masculine plural suffix ‎יְבַעֲתוּנִי‎ Ps 18:5* = ‎יְבַעֲתֻנִי‎ 2Sam 22:5, ‎יְבַעֲתֻהוּ‎ Job 3:5; Job 15:24 —

1. fall upon 1Sam 16:14; 1Sam 16:15 (only here in prose); overwhelm Job 3:5 (compare ‎לקח‎ vJob 3:6) Job 9:34; Job 13:11 (|| ‎פחד נפל על‎) vJob 13:21 (compare ||) Job 15:24 (|| ‎תקף‎) Job 18:11 (|| ‎הפיץ‎) Job 33:7 (|| ‎כבד על‎) Isa 21:4 assail Ps 18:5* = 2Sam 22:5.

2. terrify Job 7:14 (|| ‎חתת‎).

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