King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2119
Transliteration: zachal
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-khal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shrink back, crawl away
Meaning: to shrink back, crawl away
Word Summary
zachal: to shrink back, crawl away
Original Word: זָחַלTransliteration: zachal
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-khal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shrink back, crawl away
Meaning: to shrink back, crawl away
Strong's Concordance
be afraid, serpent, worm A primitive root; to crawl; by implication, to fear -- be afraid, serpent, worm.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2119. zachal
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 DeHiob 2, 428), and Sabean זחֿל withdraw, humble oneself DHMZMG 1875, 610) —
Qal only Participle plural construct זֹחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 32:24; Micah 7:17; — crawl, of reptiles (participle) עָפָר זֹחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 32:24 i.e. serpents (as poisonous), instruments of Yahweh's judgment on Israel; ׳ז ארץ Micah 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; NöZMG. 1886, 741) — only
Qal Perfect1singular זָחַלְתִּי Job 32:6 therefore I feared ("" וָאִירָא); > most, who derive from I. זָחַל = shrink away in fear, hold back (RV), compare אִסְתְּמִּיתִי ᵑ7 Fl ChWBii. 571.