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Lexicon :: Strong's H2119 - zāḥal

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זָחַל
Transliteration
zāḥal
Pronunciation
zaw-khal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 545

Strong’s Definitions

זָחַל zâchal, zaw-khal'; a primitive root; to crawl; by implication, to fear:—be afraid, serpent, worm.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2119 in the following manner: afraid (1x), serpents (1x), worms (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2119 in the following manner: afraid (1x), serpents (1x), worms (1x).

  1. to shrink back, crawl away

    1. (Qal) crawling, creeping (participle) (meton)

  2. to fear, be afraid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָחַל zâchal, zaw-khal'; a primitive root; to crawl; by implication, to fear:—be afraid, serpent, worm.
STRONGS H2119: Abbreviations
† I. [זָחַל] verb shrink back, crawl away (Aramaic זְחַל crawl (also drop, drip, of water: so Late Hebrew זָחַל), זָחֵיל worm; Syriac bdb026707 locust (as crawling); Arabic bdb026708 withdraw, retire to a distance (see Lane, Wetzst in DeHiob 2, 428), and Sabean זחֿל withdraw, humble oneself DHMZMG 1875, 610) — Qal only Participle plural construct זֹחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 32:24; Micah 7:17; — crawl, of reptiles (participle) זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Deuteronomy 32:24 i.e. serpents (as poisonous), instruments of Yahweh's judgment on Israel; ארץ ז׳ Micah 7:17 id. (as crawling into the earth to hide), simile of nations in fear of י׳.

† II. [זָחַל] verb fear, be afraid (Aramaic דְּחַל, bdb026709; compare Arabic bdb026710 rancour, malevolence; NöZMG. 1886, 741) — only Qal Perfect 1st person singular זָחַלְתִּי Job 32:6 therefore I feared (|| וָאִירָא); > most, who derive from I. זָחַל = shrink away in fear, hold back (RV), compare Targum אִסְתְּמִּיתִי Fl ChWBii. 571.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1763.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:24; 32:24

Job

32:6

Micah

7:17; 7:17

H2119

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2119 matches the Hebrew זָחַל (zāḥal),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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‘They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by [fn]plague

And bitter destruction;

And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,

With the venom of crawling H2119 things H2119 of the dust.

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So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,

“I am young in years and you are old;

Therefore I was shy H2119 and afraid to tell you my knowledge.

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They will lick the dust like a serpent,

Like crawling H2119 things H2119 of the earth.

They will come trembling out of their [fn]fortresses;

To Yahweh our God they will come in dread,

And they will be afraid before You.

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