Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #973 - בָּחל bachal (to feel a loathing)

Original Word:	בָּחל
Transliteration:	bachal
Definition:	to feel a loathing
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(baw-khal')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

abhor,

A primitive root; to loath -- abhor, get hastily (from the margin for bahal).

see HEBREW bahal

Englishman's Concordance

1) to loathe, abhor, feel loathing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to loathe
1a2) to gain by greed, gain hastily
1b) (Pual) obtained by greed
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 229

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [בָּחֵל] verbfeel loathing (compare Syriac

**Nö^{ZAW 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}) —

QalPerfect3feminine singular בָּֽחֲלָהZechariah 11:8וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשִׁי בָּהֶם וְגַם נַפְשָׁםבִי׳בּfelt a loathing against me.

II. [בָּחֵל] verb (Arabic be avaricious); only

Pu`alParticipleנַחֲלָה מְבֹחֶלֶת an inheritance gotten by greedProverbs 20:21 Kt; < Qr Vrss מְבֹהֶלֶת׳נ, see בהל.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 973. בָּחַל (bachal) — 2 Occurrences

Proverbs 20:21
HEB:[מְבֻחֶלֶת כ] (מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת ק) בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה
NAS: An inheritance gained hurriedly
INT: an inheritance abhor the beginning the end

Zechariah 11:8
HEB:וְגַם־ נַפְשָׁ֖ם בָּחֲלָ֥ה בִֽי׃
NAS: also was weary of me.
KJV: them, and their soul also abhorred me.
INT: also and their soul was weary

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