hebrew #2119 - זָחַל zachal
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be afraid, serpent, worm A primitive root; to crawl; by implication, to fear -- be afraid, serpent, worm. Englishman's Concordance 1) to shrink back, crawl away 1a) (Qal) crawling, creeping (participle) (metonymy) 2) to fear, be afraid Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 545 Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [זָחַל] verbshrink back, crawl away (Aramaic זְחַלcrawl (also drop, drip, of water: so Late Hebrew זָחַל), זָחֵילworm; Syriac  locust (as crawling); Arabic  withdraw, retire to a distance (see Lane, Wetzst in DeHiob 2, 428), and Sabean זחֿלwithdraw, humble oneself DHMZMG 1875, 610) — Qal only Participle plural construct זֹחֲלֵיDeuteronomy 32:24; Micah 7:17; — crawl, of reptiles (participle) זֹחֲלֵי עָפָרDeuteronomy 32:24 i.e. serpents (as poisonous), instruments of Yahweh's judgment on Israel; ארץ׳זMicah 7:17id. (as crawling into the earth to hide), simile of nations in fear of ׳י. II. [זָחַל] verbfear, be afraid (Aramaic דְּחַל, QalPerfect1singular זָחַלְתִּיJob 32:6therefore I feared ("" וָאִירָא); > most, who derive from I. זָחַל=shrink away in fear, hold back (RV), compare ᵑ7אִסְתְּמִּיתִי Fl ChWBii. 571. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 2119. זָחַל (zachal) — 3 OccurrencesDeuteronomy 32:24 Job 32:6 Micah 7:17 |
; compare Arabic 
rancour, malevolence; NöZMG. 1886, 741) — only