בָּהַל bâhal — to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated
Translated in the KJV as be affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), speedy, thrust out, trouble.
a primitive root; to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously.
bâhal in each stem
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 10Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Wayyiqtol 2Participle (active) 2Jussive 1Participle (passive) 1
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Infinitive construct 2Jussive 2Participle (active) 1Wayyiqtol 1
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 1
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 2
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›