H2119A

זָחַל

za.chalH:V

to crawl

1) to shrink back, crawl away 1a) (Qal) crawling, creeping (participle) (meton)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [זָחַל] verb shrink back, crawl away (Aramaic זְחַל crawl (also drop, drip, of water: so Late Hebrew זָחַל), זָחֵיל worm; Syriac locust (as crawling); Arabic withdraw, retire to a distance (see Lane, Wetzst in De^{Hiob 2, 428}), and Sabean זחֿל withdraw, humble oneself DHM^{ZMG 1875, 610}) —

Qal only Participle plural construct זֹחֲלֵי Deut 32:24; Mic 7:17 — crawl, of reptiles (participle) זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Deut 32:24 i.e. serpents (as poisonous), instruments of Yahweh's judgment on Israel; ארץ ׳ז Mic 7:17 id. (as crawling into the earth to hide), simile of nations in fear of ׳י.

II. [זָחַל] verb fear, be afraid (Aramaic דְּחַל, ; compare Arabic rancour, malevolence; Nö^{ZMG. 1886, 741}) — only Qal Perfect 1 singular זָחַלְתִּי Job 32:6 therefore I feared (|| וָאִירָא); > most, who derive from I. זָחַל = shrink away in fear, hold back (RV), compare ᵑ7 אִסְתְּפִּיתִי Fl ChWB^{ii. 571}.

[דְּחַל] verb fear (so ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew II. זָחַל]; —

Pe`al Participle active plural דָּֽחְלִין Dan 5:19, with מִןקֳֿדָם of king, Dan 6:27, id. of God; passive דְּחִיל terrible Dan 2:31, feminine דְּחִילָה Dan 7:7; Dan 7:19. Pa`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וִידֵחֲלִנַּנִי Dan 4:2 the dream made me afraid.

2 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Micah (1)