H0973A

בָּחֵל

ba.chalH:V

to loath

to loathe, abhor, feel loathing

The KJV translates H0973 in the following manner:

abhorred (2x), hastily (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [בָּחֵל] verb feel loathing (compare Syriac

**NöZAW xvii {1897}, 188 disproves Syriac , and adopts the view of GeiUrschrift 270 (בחל euphemism for a √ II. בעל = loathe, with בְּ, assumed (Thes Buhl) for Jer 3:14; Jer 31:32 see below) (so in lexicons) nauseated (yet see GeiUrschrift, 270); NSyriac envy compare StoddardGram. 12, 57) —
Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular בָּֽחֲלָה Zech 11:8 וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשִׁי בָּהֶם וְגַם נַפְשָׁם בִי ׳בּ felt a loathing against me.



II. [בָּחֵל] verb (Arabic be avaricious); only Pu`al Participle נַחֲלָה מְבֹחֶלֶת an inheritance gotten by greed Prov 20:21 Kt; < Qr Vrss מְבֹהֶלֶת ׳נ, see בהל.


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