بهل

8 اـِبْتَهَلَ see 3. ― -b2- [Hence,] ابتهل, (S, Msb, K,) or ابتهل فِى الدَّعَاآءِ, (JK,) (tropical:) He humbled, or abased, himself; or addressed himself with earnest, or energetic, supplication; syn. تَضَرَّعَ; (S, Msb, K;) اـِلَى ا@للّٰهِ to God: (Msb:) he strove, or was earnest, or energetic, in prayer, or supplication; (JK, K;) and was sincere, or without hypocrisy, therein; (S, K;) with a striving, or an earnestness, or energy, like that of the مُبْتَهِلُونَ [properly so called, i. e., persons who join in imprecating a curse upon such of them as is the wrongdoer ]. (TA.) It is said that ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ, in the Kur [iii. 54, of which one explanation has been given above, (see 3,)] means (tropical:) Then let us be sincere, or without hypocrisy, in prayer, or supplication; (S, TA;) and let us strive, or be earnest, or energetic: (TA:) or let us humble, or abase, ourselves; &c.; syn. نَتَضَرَّعْ. (Jel.)