Lexical Summary bala: to swallow down, swallow up, engulf Original Word: בָּלַעTransliteration: bala Phonetic Spelling: (baw-lah') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to swallow down, swallow up, engulf Meaning: to swallow down, swallow up, engulf Strong's Concordance cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down up A primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy -- cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up). Brown-Driver-Briggs H1104. bala בָּלַע verb swallow down, swallow up, engulf (idea of quickness, suddenness) (Late Hebrew id., Arabic swallow, Ethiopic eat, Aramaic בְּלַע, ; Assyrian bêlû, Pi`el destroy ZimBP 27) — Qal Perfect בָּלַע Job 20:15, suffix בְּלָעַנִי Jeremiah 51:34 (Qr, compare ᵐ5 Kt נוּ-); 3 feminine singular בָּֽלְעָה Numbers 16:30; 3plural suffix בְּלָעוּנוּ Psalm 124:3; Imperfect יִבְלָ֑ע Job 20:18, וַיִּבְלַע Exodus 7:12, suffix יִבְלָעֶנָּה Isaiah 28:4; 3feminine singular וַתִּבְלַע Numbers 16:32 2t.; suffix תִּבְלָעֵנִי Psalm 69:16, תִּבְלָעֵנוּ Numbers 16:34, וַתִּבְלָעֵם Deuteronomy 11:6, תִּבְלָעֵמוֺ Exodus 15:12; 3masculine plural suffix יִבְלָעֻהוּ Hosea 8:7; 3feminine plural וַתִּבְלַעְנָה Genesis 41:7, וַתִּבְלַעְןָ 41:24; 1plural suffix נִבְלָעֵם Proverbs 1:12; Infinitive לִבְלֹעַ Jonah 2:1; suffix בִּלְעִי Job 7:19; — 1 swallow down, with accusative Job 7:19; Isaiah 28:4, subject דָּג Jonah 2:1; subject שִׁבֳּלִים Genesis 41:7, 24; מַטֶּה Exodus 7:12. 2 swallow up, engulf, subject אֶרֶץ Exodus 15:12; Numbers 16:30, 32, 34; 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalm 106:17; figurative of greed Job 20:15 (object חַיִל; opposed to קיא vomit); of violence, extortion Proverbs 1:12 (כִּשְׁאוֺל); of devastation by enemy Hosea 8:7; Jeremiah 51:34; Psalm 124:3; over-whelming by calamity 69:16 (subject מצולה); of full enjoyment, profit Job 20:18 (no object) Niph`al Perfect נִבְלַע Hosea 8:8, נִבְלְעוּ Isaiah 28:7; — swallowed up, i.e. devastated Hosea 8:8; engulfed by wine (yet compare Pi`el Isaiah 3:12) 28:7 (׳נ מןהֿיין, "" בַשֵּׁכָר שָׁגוּ). Pi`el Perfect בִּלַּע Isaiah 25:8 3t.; וּבִלַּע consecutive 25:7; 3plural בִּלֵּ֑עוּ 3:12; 1plural בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ Lamentations 2:16, suffix בִּלַּעֲנוּהוּ Psalm 35:25; Imperfect יְבַלַּעֿ Proverbs 19:28, suffix 3masculine singular יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ Job 8:18; Proverbs 21:20; יְבַלְּעֵם Psalm 21:10; 3feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular תְּבַלְּעֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 10:12; 2masculine singular תְּבַלַּע 2 Samuel 20:19, suffix וַתְּבַלְּעֵנִי Job 10:8; 1singular אֲבַלַּע 2 Samuel 20:20, אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ Isaiah 19:3; Imperative בַּלַּע Psalm 55:10; Infinitive בַּלַּע Numbers 4:20; Habakkuk 1:13, בַּלֵּ֑עַ Lamentations 2:8, suffix בַּלְּעוֺ Job 2:3; Participle suffix מְבַלְּעָ֑יִךְ Isaiah 49:19; — 1 swallow Numbers 4:20 (כְּבַלַּע as a swallowing = for an instant); elsewhere 2 swallow up, engulf, usually with accusative, a. figurative of destruction, ruin, Isaiah 3:12 (object דֶּרֶךְ); (Ba from a √ II. בלע confound, compare Di; see also 9:15; 19:3; 28:7; Psalm 55:10; 107:27); subject ׳י Lamentations 2:2, 5 (twice in verse); 2:8; Job 2:3; 10:8; Psalm 21:10 ("" אכל), Isaiah 19:3 (object עֵצָה), i.e. confuse, confound; so Psalm 55:10 לְשׁוֺנָם מַּלַּג אֲדֹנָי בַּלַּע confuse, Lord, divide their speech (compare בלל Genesis 11:7, 9 & see De Che); subject wicked men, enemies Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 49:19 compare Lamentations 2:16 (absolute) Habakkuk 1:13; object reflexive in sense Ecclesiastes 10:12; = annihilate Isaiah 25:7-8, b. literally = destroy 2 Samuel 20:19-20, ("" הִשְׁחִית); indefinite subject Job 8:18 ׳יב ממקמו; c. figurative for greedily (seize, adopt) practise Proverbs 19:28, for extravagance, squandering 21:20. Pu`al Imperfect יְבֻלַּע 2 Samuel 17:16, יְבֻלָּ֑ע Job 37:20; Participle מְבֻלָּעִים Isaiah 9:15; — be swallowed up, i.e. destroyed Job 37:20; compare לַמֶּלֶךְ מֶּןיְֿבֻלַּע 2 Samuel 17:16 (impersonal); ruined Isaiah 9:15 (yet compare below Pi`el) Hithpa`el Imperfect3feminine singular תִּתְבַּלָּ֑ע Psalm 107:27 (subject חכמה) their wisdom is all gone, 'they are at their wit's end' (compare below Pi`el) |