cha.phaz describes being driven to move or act urgently, and in some clauses to alarmed agitation.

The prevailing use concerns urgent movement or action: people flee, pursue, or act under pressure, while waters are pictured as hurrying away. A smaller cluster places the term in contexts of alarm and trembling, where the translation does not always isolate its contribution.

1. Urgent movement or action · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 23:26, the Niphal participle occurs as David moves to escape Saul while Saul's men surround him; the APB renders the clause "David hurried to get away from Saul." In 2 Samuel 4:4 and 2 Kings 7:15, the infinitive forms occur in flight contexts, with a nurse fleeing and abandoned garments and articles marking the Arameans' departure. Psalm 104:7 likewise presents the Niphal imperfect in response to rebuke and thunder, rendered "they hurry away"; Deuteronomy 20:3 and Job 40:23 frame the action negatively as not being in haste or not hurrying.

   1 Samuel 23:262 Samuel 4:42 Kings 7:15Psalm 104:7Deuteronomy 20:3Job 40:23
2. Alarmed or trembling agitation · occasional

   Psalm 48:6 uses the Niphal perfect where trembling seizes those present and agony follows, placing the term in a scene of acute disturbance. In Psalm 116:11, the Qal infinitive construct occurs in the speaker's statement "in my alarm"; Psalm 31:23 has the same morphology, though the APB wording there does not clearly show the term's individual contribution.

   Psalm 48:6Psalm 116:11Psalm 31:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "hurried," "haste," and "hurry away" in movement contexts, and "alarm" or a description of trembling in disturbed contexts. Psalm 31:23 does not clearly display a separate English rendering for the term.