בְּהַלbᵉhal
Pa`el: alarm, dismay (Daniel 4:16; Daniel 4:2; Daniel 7:15)
Pronunciation: be-hal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H927
Meanings
Hithpe`el: hasten (Daniel 2:25; Daniel 3:24; Daniel 6:20)
Hithpa`el: alarmed (Daniel 5:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 2:25 Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found one of the captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning of his dream!”
- Daniel 3:24 But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?” “Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied.
- Daniel 4:5 But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.
- Daniel 4:19 “Upon hearing this, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) was overcome for a time, frightened by the meaning of the dream. Then the king said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, don’t be alarmed by the dream and what it means.’ “Belteshazzar replied, ‘I wish the events foreshadowed in this dream would happen to your enemies, my lord, and not to you!
- Daniel 5:6 and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him.
- Daniel 5:9 So the king grew even more alarmed, and his face turned pale. His nobles, too, were shaken.
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).