What does בָּהַל · עֶצֶם mean in the Bible?
בָּהַל · עֶצֶם: Inward trembling that precipitates hasty, anxious action; fear manifesting as urgent, often reckless movement.
Hebrew · H926, H6106
בָּהַל
To tremble inwardly (or palpitate ), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make ) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated ; by implication to hasten anxiously · a bone (as strong ); by extension, the body ; figuratively, the substance , i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
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בָּהַל H926 to tremble inwardly (or palpitate ), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make ) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated ; by implication to hasten anxiously
Pronunciation niḇhălû
Inward trembling that erupts into panic-driven haste; sudden alarm commanding urgent, anxious action.
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עֶצֶם H6106 a bone (as strong ); by extension, the body ; figuratively, the substance , i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
What does בָּהַל (niḇ-hă-lû ‘ă-ṣā-māy) mean in the Bible?
בָּהַל · עֶצֶם: Inward trembling that precipitates hasty, anxious action; fear manifesting as urgent, often reckless movement.
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H926, H6106?
H926, H6106 is connected to 165 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Inward trembling that precipitates hasty, anxious action; fear manifesting as urgent, often reckless movement.
Source Gloss
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate ), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make ) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated ; by implication to hasten anxiously
Extended definition
Inward trembling that precipitates hasty, anxious action; fear manifesting as urgent, often reckless movement.
be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 20
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 16×
Perfect 2Sam 4:1 · Exod 15:15 · Gen 45:3 · Jer 51:32 · Ps 6:3 · Ps 48:6 · 1Sam 28:21 · Isa 21:3 · Ps 6:4 · Ps 90:7 10×
Participle active Prov 28:22 · Ps 30:8 2×
Imperfect Ezek 7:27 · Job 23:15 2×
Jussive Eccl 8:3 1×
Participle passive Zeph 1:18 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 2×
Jussive Eccl 5:1 · Eccl 7:9 2×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 2×
Participle passive Esth 8:14 · Prov 20:21 2×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Witnesses
Psalms 6:1-3 נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי niḇhălû
my bones are terrified/dismayed
Word Origins
בָּהַל is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain