זָחַלzâchal
זָחַל: shrink back, crawl away
Pronunciation: zaw-khal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2119
Meanings
Qal: crawl (Deuteronomy 32:24; Micah 7:17)
זָחַל: fear, be afraid
Qal: therefore I feared, shrink away (Job 32:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:24 I will weaken them with famine, burning fever, and deadly disease. I will send the fangs of wild beasts and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.
- Job 32:6 Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said, “I am young and you are old, so I held back from telling you what I think.
- Micah 7:17 Like snakes crawling from their holes, they will come out to meet the Lord our God. They will fear him greatly, trembling in terror at his presence.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).