1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended
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H1104 — בָּלַע
ba.la · to swallow up · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 41:7 · וַתִּבְלַ֙עְנָה֙And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.Genesis 41:24 · וַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”Exodus 7:12 · וַיִּבְלַ֥עEach one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.Exodus 15:12 · תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹYou stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.Numbers 4:20 · כְּבַלַּ֥עBut the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”Numbers 16:30 · וּבָלְעָ֤הBut if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”Numbers 16:32 · וַתִּבְלַ֥עand the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.Numbers 16:34 · תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּAt their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”Numbers 26:10 · וַתִּבְלַ֥עAnd the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.Deuteronomy 11:6 · וַתִּבְלָעֵ֥םand what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.2 Samuel 17:16 · יְבֻלַּ֣עNow send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”2 Samuel 20:19 · תְבַלַּ֖עI am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”2 Samuel 20:20 · אֲבַלַּ֖ע“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!Job 2:3 · לְבַלְּע֥וֹThen the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”Job 7:19 · בִּלְעִ֥יWill You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?Job 8:18 · יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּIf he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’Job 10:8 · וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?Job 20:15 · בָּ֭לַעHe swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.Job 20:18 · יִבְלָ֑עHe must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.Job 37:20 · יְבֻלָּֽע׃Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?Psalm 21:9 · יְבַלְּעֵ֑םYou will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.Psalm 35:25 · בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”Psalm 55:9 · בַּלַּ֣עO Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.Psalm 69:15 · תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִיDo not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.Psalm 106:17 · וַתִּבְלַ֣עThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.Psalm 107:27 · תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.Psalm 124:3 · בְּלָע֑וּנוּwhen their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,Proverbs 1:12 · נִ֭בְלָעֵםlet us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.Proverbs 19:28 · יְבַלַּע־A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.Proverbs 21:20 · יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.Ecclesiastes 10:12 · תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.Isaiah 3:12 · בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ סYouths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.Isaiah 9:16 · מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.Isaiah 19:3 · אֲבַלֵּ֑עַThen the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.Isaiah 25:7 · וּבִלַּע֙On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;Isaiah 25:8 · בִּלַּ֤עHe will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.Isaiah 28:4 · יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ סThe fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.Isaiah 28:7 · נִבְלְע֣וּThese also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.Isaiah 49:19 · מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.Jeremiah 51:34 · בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.Lamentations 2:2 · בִּלַּ֨עWithout pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.Lamentations 2:5 · בִּלַּ֣ע · בִּלַּע֙The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.Lamentations 2:8 · מִבַּלֵּ֑עַThe LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.Lamentations 2:16 · בִּלָּ֑עְנוּAll your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”Hosea 8:7 · יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.Hosea 8:8 · נִבְלַ֖עIsrael is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.Jonah 1:17 · לִבְלֹ֖עַNow the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.Habakkuk 1:13 · בְּבַלַּ֥עYour eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?