בְּהַל

«בְּהַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: alarm — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 11 times · Key: lemma:בְּהַל · BDB: בְּהַל

Glosses

they (5); haste (3); let (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

alarm tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. alarm, dismay tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. alarm, dismay (so usually 𝔗 (not Syriac); BH [בָּהַל]);—Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְבַהֲלָךְ Dn 4:16 and 3 mpl. sf. -לֻנַּנִי 4:2; 7:15, 28 (both juss. Str§ 13 c M § 52 a); -לוּךְ 5:10, -לֻנֵּ֑הּ 4:16, -לוּנֵּהּ 5:6. hasten (so Pi. in late BH; 𝔗 Ithpe. (rare)); Inf. בְּהִתְבְּהָלָה = in haste (orig. ‘in alarm’) Dn 2:25; 3:24; 6:20. Pt. pass. מִתְבָּהַל Dn 5:9 was greatly alarmed.

Jastrow 1903

בְּהַל: Pa to be precocious, inconsiderate, hasty to be hurried, to hurry to be agitated tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

—Pa. בּהֵיל to be precocious, inconsiderate, hasty. Targ. Koh. V, 1; a. e. to be hurried, to hurry. Targ. Esth. II, 9. to be agitated. Targ. I Sam. XXVIII, 21; a. fr.—Y. Keth. I, 25ᵃ is it possible that the whole town מִתְבַּהֲלָה וכ׳ was excited on account of Naomi?

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «בְּהַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 7:15

אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת רוּחִ֛י אֲנָ֥ה דָנִיֵּ֖אל בְּג֣וֹא נִדְנֶ֑ה וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

Word for word: it.was.distressed spirit my I Daniel in.[the] midst of.[the].sheath and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

JPS 1917: As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

Daniel 4:2

חֵ֥לֶם חֲזֵ֖ית וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֔י וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

Word for word: a.dream I.saw and it made.me.afraid and imaginings on bed my and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

JPS 1917: I saw a dream which made me afraid; and imaginings upon my bed and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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