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Isaiah 13:8

“And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּהַלbâhal · baw-hal'
H926 · Hebrew

Definition: to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
Grammar: וְֽ — conjunction
נִבְהָ֓לוּ — verb Niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/VNq3cp
Usage: Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 45:3 Exodus 15:15 Judges 20:41 1 Samuel 28:21 2 Samuel 4:1

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּהַל here.

Verse 7 Verse 9

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.