Lexical Summary balaq: to waste, lay waste Original Word: בָּלַקTransliteration: balaq Phonetic Spelling: (baw-lak') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to waste, lay waste Meaning: to waste, lay waste Strong's Concordance make waste A primitive root; to annihilate -- (make) waste. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1110. balaq [בָּלַק] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâ‡u, Pi`el destroy, LyonSargon 61; compare Arabic a desert) — Po`el Participle without מ, suffix בּוֺלְקָהּ Isaiah 24:1 ("" בּוֺקֵק, subject ׳י, object הארץ); — on form (which might also be Qal Participle) compare Ol§ 254 LagGN 1882, 403; also בקק Po. Jeremiah 51:2, and intensive use of Infinitive absolute Niph`al Isaiah 24:3; further Punic (i.e. intensive) Participle Nahum 2:11 (this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance). Pu`al Participle מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה Nahum 2:11 (ומב וּמְבוּקָה ׳בּוּקָה), devastated, or as substantive a devastated city. |
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