Word Study · Strong's H2119 · Hebrew
זָחַל
zachal
zaw-khal'
Strong's 1890 spelling: zâchal
“to crawl”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to crawl; by implication, to fear
Rendered in the KJV as
be afraid, serpent, worm.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- זֹחֲלֵ֥י1
- זָחַ֥לְתִּי1
- כְּזֹחֲלֵ֣י1
How it is rendered · 3
- [things which] crawl of1
- I was anxious1
- like [things which] crawl of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Vqrmpc · 1
- HVqp1cs · 1
- HVqrmpc · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.