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 seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream.Genesis 41:24 · וַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told [this] unto the magicians; but [there was] none that could declare [it] to me.Exodus 7:12 · וַיִּבְלַ֥עFor they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.Exodus 15:12 · תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹThou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.Numbers 4:20 · כְּבַלַּ֥עBut they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.Numbers 16:30 · וּבָלְעָ֤הBut if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.Numbers 16:32 · וַתִּבְלַ֥עAnd the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that [appertained] unto Korah, and all [their] goods.Numbers 16:34 · תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּAnd all Israel that [were] round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also].Numbers 26:10 · וַתִּבְלַ֥עAnd the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.Deuteronomy 11:6 · וַתִּבְלָעֵ֥םAnd what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:2 Samuel 17:16 · יְבֻלַּ֣עNow therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that [are] with him.2 Samuel 20:19 · תְבַלַּ֖עI [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?2 Samuel 20:20 · אֲבַלַּ֖עAnd Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.Job 2:3 · לְבַלְּע֥וֹAnd the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.Job 7:19 · בִּלְעִ֥יHow long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?Job 8:18 · יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּIf he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.Job 10:8 · וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.Job 20:15 · בָּ֭לַעHe hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.Job 20:18 · יִבְלָ֑עThat which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].Job 37:20 · יְבֻלָּֽע׃Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.Psalm 21:9 · יְבַלְּעֵ֑םThou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.Psalm 35:25 · בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.Psalm 55:9 · בַּלַּ֣עDestroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.Psalm 69:15 · תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִיLet not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.Psalm 106:17 · וַתִּבְלַ֣עThe earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.Psalm 107:27 · תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.Psalm 124:3 · בְּלָע֑וּנוּThen they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:Proverbs 1:12 · נִ֭בְלָעֵםLet us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:Proverbs 19:28 · יְבַלַּע־An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.Proverbs 21:20 · יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.Ecclesiastes 10:12 · תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃The words of a wise man’s mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.Isaiah 3:12 · בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ ס[As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.Isaiah 9:16 · מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.Isaiah 19:3 · אֲבַלֵּ֑עַAnd the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.Isaiah 25:7 · וּבִלַּע֙And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.Isaiah 25:8 · בִּלַּ֤עHe will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].Isaiah 28:4 · יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ סAnd the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as the hasty fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.Isaiah 28:7 · נִבְלְע֣וּBut they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.Isaiah 49:19 · מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.Jeremiah 51:34 · בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.Lamentations 2:2 · בִּלַּ֨עThe Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.Lamentations 2:5 · בִּלַּ֣ע · בִּלַּע֙The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.Lamentations 2:8 · מִבַּלֵּ֑עַThe LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.Lamentations 2:16 · בִּלָּ֑עְנוּAll thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it].Hosea 8:7 · יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.Hosea 8:8 · נִבְלַ֖עIsrael is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.Jonah 1:17 · לִבְלֹ֖עַNow the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.Habakkuk 1:13 · בְּבַלַּ֥ע[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?