STRONGS H1104:
Abbreviations
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בָּלַע verb swallow down, swallow up, engulf (idea of quickness, suddenness) (Late Hebrew
id., Arabic
بَلَعَ swallow, Ethiopic
በልዐ፡ eat, Aramaic
בְּלַע,
Iflb; Assyrian
bêlû, Pi.
destroy Zim
BP 27) —
Qal Perfect בָּלַע Job 20:15, suffix
בְּלָעַנִי Jeremiah 51:34 (Qr, compare
Kt
־נוּ);
3rd person feminine singular בָּֽלְעָה Numbers 16:30;
3rd person plural suffix
בְּלָעוּנוּ Psalm 124:3;
Imperfect יִבְלָ֑ע Job 20:18,
וַיִּבְלַע Exodus 7:12, suffix
יִבְלָעֶנָּה Isaiah 28:4;
3rd person feminine singular וַתִּבְלַע Numbers 16:32 +
2 times; suffix
תִּבְלָעֵנִי Psalm 69:16,
תִּבְלָעֵנוּ Numbers 16:34,
וַתִּבְלָעֵם Deuteronomy 11:6,
תִּבְלָעֵמוֺ Exodus 15:12;
3rd person masculine plural suffix
יִבְלָעֻהוּ Hosea 8:7;
3rd person feminine plural וַתִּבְלַעְנָה Genesis 41:7,
וַתִּבְלַעְןָ Genesis 41:24;
1st person plural 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; Numbers 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 Psalm 69:16 (subject מצולה); of full enjoyment, profit Job 20:18 (no object)
Niph. Perfect נִבְלַע Hosea 8:8,
נִבְלְעוּ Isaiah 28:7; —
swallowed up, i.e. devastated
Hosea 8:8; engulfed by wine (yet compare
Pi. Isaiah 3:12)
Isaiah 28:7 (
מן־היין נ׳, ||
שָׁגוּ בַשֵּׁכָר).
Pi. Perfect בִּלַּע Isaiah 25:8 +
3 times;
וּבִלַּע consecutive
Isaiah 25:7;
3rd person plural בִּלֵּ֑עוּ Isaiah 3:12;
1st person plural בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ Lamentations 2:16, suffix
בִּלַּעֲנוּהוּ Psalm 35:25;
Imperfect יְבַלַּ־ע Proverbs 19:28, suffix
3rd person masculine singular יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ Job 8:18;
Proverbs 21:20;
יְבַלְּעֵם Psalm 21:10;
3rd person feminine singular suffix
3rd person masculine singular תְּבַלְּעֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 10:12;
2nd person masculine singular תְּבַלַּע 2 Samuel 20:19, suffix
וַתְּבַלְּעֵנִי Job 10:8;
1st person singular 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 Isaiah 9:15; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 28:7; Psalm 55:10; Psalm 107:27); subject י׳ Lamentations 2:2, 5 (twice in verse); Lamentations 2:8; Job 2:3; Job 10:8; Psalm 21:10 (|| אכל), Isaiah 19:3 (object עֵצָה), i.e. confuse, confound; so Psalm 55:10 לְשׁוֺנָם פַּלַּג 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 ממקמו יב׳;
c. figurative for greedily (seize, adopt) practise Proverbs 19:28, for extravagance, squandering Proverbs 21:20.
Pu. 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 פֶּן־יְבֻלַּע 2 Samuel 17:16 (impersonal); ruined
Isaiah 9:15 (yet compare below
Pi.)
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּתְבַּלָּ֑ע Psalm 107:27 (subject
חכמה) their wisdom is all gone, 'they are at their wit's end' (compare below
Pi.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
11:7; 11:9; 41:7; 41:7; 41:24; 41:24
Exodus
7:12; 7:12; 15:12; 15:12
Numbers
4:20; 4:20; 16:30; 16:30; 16:32; 16:32; 16:34; 16:34; 26:10
Deuteronomy
11:6; 11:6
2 Samuel
17:16; 17:16; 20:19; 20:19; 20:20; 20:20
Job
2:3; 2:3; 7:19; 7:19; 8:18; 8:18; 10:8; 10:8; 20:15; 20:15; 20:18; 20:18; 37:20; 37:20
Psalms
21:10; 21:10; 35:25; 35:25; 55:10; 55:10; 55:10; 69:16; 69:16; 106:17; 107:27; 107:27; 124:3; 124:3
Proverbs
1:12; 1:12; 19:28; 19:28; 21:20; 21:20
Ecclesiastes
10:12; 10:12
Isaiah
3:12; 3:12; 3:12; 9:15; 9:15; 9:15; 19:3; 19:3; 19:3; 25:7; 25:7; 25:8; 25:8; 28:4; 28:4; 28:7; 28:7; 28:7; 49:19; 49:19
Jeremiah
51:34; 51:34
Lamentations
2:2; 2:5; 2:8; 2:8; 2:16; 2:16
Hosea
8:7; 8:7; 8:8; 8:8
Jonah
2:1; 2:1
Habakkuk
1:13; 1:13