*zVḥVl-: 'crawl, creep'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	z-ḥ-l 'shrink back, crawl away' (BDB 267)	BDB 267
Syrian Aramaic	z-ḥ-l 'crawl, creep' (Aramaic Root Atlas 1411)	Aramaic Root Atlas 1411
Judaic Aramaic	zḥl; zaḥlā (HALOT 267)	HALOT 267	gloss withheld

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Arabic zalaḥa 'slide' (HALOT 267) has the radicals in another order. Arabic zaḥala is HALOT's comparison for 2936 *ḏVḥVl- 'fear'.

Updated 22 October 2026