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Strong's #2119 - זָחַל
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- to shrink back, crawl away
- (Qal) crawling, creeping (participle) (meton)
- to fear, be afraid
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locust (as crawling); Arabic 
withdraw, retire to a distance (see Lane, Wetzst in De Hiob 2,428), and Sabean זחֿל withdraw, humble oneself DHM ZMG 1875,610) — Qal only Participle plural construct זֹחֲלֵי Deuteronomy 32:24; Micah 7:17; — crawl, of reptiles (participle) זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Deuteronomy 32:24i.e. serpents (as poisonous), instruments of Yahweh's judgment on Israel; ארץ׳ז Micah 7:17 id. (as crawling into the earth to hide), simile of nations in fear of ׳י.
II. [זָחַל] verb fear, be afraid (Aramaic דְּחַל, 
; compare Arabic 
rancour, malevolence; Nö ZMG. 1886,741) — only
Qal Perfect 1 singular זָחַלְתִּי Job 32:6 therefore I feared ("" וָאִירָא); > most, who derive from I. זָחַל = shrink away in fear, hold back (RV), compare ᵑ7אִסְתְּמִּיתִי Fl ChWB ii. 571.
זָחַל
(1) to creep, to crawl. Part. זֹחֲלֵי־עָפָר “the creepers of the dust,” i.e. serpents; Deuteronomy 32:24; Micah 7:17. Hence
(2) to fear, to be afraid, properly to walk with faltering footsteps, see דְּחַל. Job 32:6, עַל־כֵּן זָחַלְתִּי וָאִירָא “therefore I was afraid and feared.”
