זָחַל (zāḥal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning fear. It appears
3 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2119).
Also rendered
shrink back
to crawl
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 545)
Range of meaning (TWOT 545)shrink back, crawl away; crawl, fear; be afraid, serpent, worm
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
זָחַלverb: shrink back, crawl away
Strong's H2119זָחַל: to crawl; by implication, to fear KJV:be afraid, serpent, worm.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.