Lexicon zachal: To crawl, to creep Original Word: זָחַל Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be afraid, serpent, worm A primitive root; to crawl; by implication, to fear -- be afraid, serpent, worm. Brown-Driver-Briggs 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) זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Deuteronomy 32:24 i.e. serpents (as poisonous), instruments of Yahweh's judgment on Israel; ארץ ׳ז 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, Qal Perfect1singular זָחַלְתִּי Job 32:6 therefore I feared ("" וָאִירָא); > most, who derive from I. זָחַל = shrink away in fear, hold back (RV), compare ᵑ7 אִסְתְּמִּיתִי Fl ChWBii. 571. Forms and Transliterations זָחַ֥לְתִּי זֹחֲלֵ֥י זחלי זחלתי כְּזֹחֲלֵ֣י כזחלי kə·zō·ḥă·lê kezochaLei kəzōḥălê zā·ḥal·tî zaChalti zāḥaltî zō·ḥă·lê zochaLei zōḥălêLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Deuteronomy 32:24 HEB: עִם־ חֲמַ֖ת זֹחֲלֵ֥י עָפָֽר׃ NAS: upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. KJV: upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. INT: With the venom of crawling of the dust Job 32:6 Micah 7:17 3 Occurrences |
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rancour, malevolence; NöZMG. 1886, 741) — only