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בְּהַל bᵉhal — to terrify, hasten

pronounced be-hal' · Strong's H927 · 10 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 3 stems: Pa'el, Hithpe'el, Hithpa'al

Translated in the KJV as in haste, trouble.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H926; to terrify, hasten.

bᵉhal in each stem

Pa'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 7

יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי Dan 4:2 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. (KJV)

יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּ Dan 4:16 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. (KJV)

יְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּ Dan 5:6 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (KJV)

Hithpe'el

Simple · reflexive — the plain action; the subject does it to or for themselves

Infinitive construct 2

בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔ה Dan 2:25 Infinitive construct

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. (KJV)

בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה Dan 3:24 Infinitive construct

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. (KJV)

Hithpa'al

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 1

מִתְבָּהַ֔ל Dan 5:9 Participle (active), masculine singular

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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