זָחַל
zachal · crawl
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2119 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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zachal (זָחַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crawl”.
On the ground, like snakes; also to come trembling.
How to say it
za·chal
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To move along the ground, like a snake.
- To keep quiet out of shyness or fear.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- crawling things ×2
- I held back ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 32:24
Wasted by hunger, and devoured by burning fever and bitter plague; and the teeth of beasts I will send against them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.
- Job 32:6
And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in days, and you are very old; therefore I held back and was afraid to declare my knowledge to you.
- Micah 7:17
They will lick dust like the serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they will come trembling out of their enclosures; before YHWH our Elohim they will tremble in dread, and they will be afraid of you.