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bāhal בָּהַל ‘to dismay’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

bāhal v
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

Mentioned in Genesis 45:3 Exodus 15:15 Judges 20:41 1 Samuel 28:21 2 Samuel 4:1 Isaiah 13:8, 21:3 Jeremiah 51:32 Ezekiel 7:27, 26:18 Zephaniah 1:18 Psalms 83:18, 2:5, 6:11, 104:29, 6:3, 90:7, 6:4, 30:8, 48:6, 83:16 Proverbs 28:22 Job 21:6, 23:16, 4:5, 22:10, 23:15 Ecclesiastes 5:1, 7:9, 8:3 Esther 8:14, 6:14, 2:9 Daniel 11:44 2 Chronicles 35:21, 26:20, 32:18

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