the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Strong's #973 - בָּחַל
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- to loathe, abhor, feel loathing
- (Qal)
- to loathe
- to gain by greed, gain hastily
- (Pual) obtained by greed
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** NöZAW xvii {1897}, 188 disproves Syriac 
, and adopts the view of Gei Urschrift 270 (בחל euphemism for a √ II. בעל = loathe, with בְּ, assumed (Thes Buhl) for Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32; see below) (so in lexicons) nauseated (yet see Gei Urschrift, 270); NSyriac 
envy compare Stoddard Gram. 12,57) — Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular בָּֽחֲלָה Zechariah 11:8 וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשִׁי בָּהֶם וְגַם נַפְשָׁםבִי ׳בּ felt a loathing against me.
II. [בָּחֵל] verb (Arabic 
be avaricious); only
Pu`al Participle נַחֲלָה מְבֹחֶלֶת an inheritance gotten by greed Proverbs 20:21 Kt; < Qr Vrss מְבֹהֶלֶת׳נ, see בהל.
בָּחַל I. i.q. בָּעַל No. 3; followed by בְּ, to loathe; compare Syr. ܒܚܺܥܳ nauseating, suffering from nausea. Zechariah 11:8, נַפְשָׁם בָּֽחֲלָה בִי “their soul loathed me.” This signification is either taken from the cognate בָּעַל בְּ, or from בָּחַן and בָּתַר בְּ, but with the sense of rejecting.
II. i.q. Arab. جخل to be greedy, avaricious. Hence Pual, Proverbs 20:21, in כתיב, נַתֲלָה מְבֹחֶלֶת “a possession obtained by avarice;” see Schult. Animadvv. ad h. l. The ancient versions express the מבהלת קרי in translating.
