Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H927
בְּהַל
behalbe-hal'
to dismay
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bᵉhal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H927is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H927
to terrify, hasten
The King James renders it: in haste, trouble.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
behal is rendered "to dismay". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 2:25Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
Daniel 2:25בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's eleven uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they alarmed me3
- in haste2
- they alarmed him2
- alarmed1
- and in haste1
- it alarm you1
- they alarm you1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃2
- בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔ה1
- בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה1
- וּבְהִ֨תְבְּהָלָ֔ה1
- יְבַהֲלוּךְ֙1
- יְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּ1
- יְבַהֲלָ֔ךְ1
- יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּ1
- יְבַהֲלֻנַּ֗נִי1
- מִתְבָּהַ֔ל1
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3AVpi3mp/Sp1bs
- preposition + verb · hothpaal, infinitive (“to…”)2AR/Vucc
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2AVpi3mp/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · hothpaal, infinitive (“to…”)1AC/R/Vucc
- verb · poal, participle · masculine singular1AVMrmsa
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1AVpj3mp/Sp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1AVpj3ms/Sp2ms
Daniel
eleven uses
Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
- בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔הbehitbehalahpreposition + verb · hothpaal, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: in haste
Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.
- בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑הbehitbehalahpreposition + verb · hothpaal, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: in haste
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃yevahalunaniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they alarmed me
For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!
- יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּyevahalunehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they alarmed him
- יְבַהֲלָ֔ךְyevahalakhverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it alarm you
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
- יְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּyevahalunehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they alarmed him
Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
- מִתְבָּהַ֔לmitbahalverb · poal, participle · masculine singulartagged: alarmed
Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.
- יְבַהֲלוּךְ֙yevahalukhverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they alarm you
At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.
- וּבְהִ֨תְבְּהָלָ֔הuvehitbehalahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · hothpaal, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and in haste
I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.
- יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃yevahalunaniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they alarmed me
Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
- יְבַהֲלֻנַּ֗נִיyevahalunaniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they alarmed me
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.