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 ears swallow the seven fat and full ears—and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.Genesis 41:24 · וַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.’Exodus 7:12 · וַיִּבְלַ֥עand they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;Exodus 15:12 · תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹThou hast stretched out Thy right hand—Earth swalloweth them!Numbers 4:20 · כְּבַלַּ֥עand they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.’Numbers 16:30 · וּבָלְעָ֤הand if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol—then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.’Numbers 16:32 · וַתִּבְלַ֥עand the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who are for Korah, and all the goods,Numbers 16:34 · תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּand all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, ‘Lest the earth swallow us;’Numbers 26:10 · וַתִּבְלַ֥עand the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;Deuteronomy 11:6 · וַתִּבְלָעֵ֥םand that which He hath done to Dathan, and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, sons of Reuben, when the earth hath opened her mouth and swalloweth them, and their houses, and their tents, and all that liveth, which is at their feet, in the midst of all Israel:2 Samuel 17:16 · יְבֻלַּ֣עand now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.’2 Samuel 20:19 · תְבַלַּ֖עI am of the peaceable—faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?2 Samuel 20:20 · אֲבַלַּ֖עAnd Joab answereth and saith, ‘Far be it—far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.Job 2:3 · לְבַלְּע֥וֹAnd Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, ‘Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!’Job 7:19 · בִּלְעִ֥יHow long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.Job 8:18 · יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּIf one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!Job 10:8 · וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!Job 20:15 · בָּ֭לַעWealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.Job 20:18 · יִבְלָ֑עHe is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.Job 37:20 · יְבֻלָּֽע׃Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.Psalm 21:9 · יְבַלְּעֵ֑םThou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.Psalm 35:25 · בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃They do not say in their heart, ‘Aha, our desire.’ They do not say, ‘We swallowed him up.’Psalm 55:9 · בַּלַּ֣עSwallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.Psalm 69:15 · תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִיLet not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.Psalm 106:17 · וַתִּבְלַ֣עEarth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.Psalm 107:27 · תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.Psalm 124:3 · בְּלָע֑וּנוּThen alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,Proverbs 1:12 · נִ֭בְלָעֵםWe swallow them as Sheol—alive, And whole—as those going down to the pit,Proverbs 19:28 · יְבַלַּע־A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.Proverbs 21:20 · יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃A treasure to be desired, and oil, Is in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.Ecclesiastes 10:12 · תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.Isaiah 3:12 · בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ סMy people—its exactors are sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people—thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.Isaiah 9:16 · מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.Isaiah 19:3 · אֲבַלֵּ֑עַAnd emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.Isaiah 25:7 · וּבִלַּע֙And swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations.Isaiah 25:8 · בִּלַּ֤עHe hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.Isaiah 28:4 · יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ סAnd the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That is on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it is yet in his hand he swalloweth it.Isaiah 28:7 · נִבְלְע֣וּAnd even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.Isaiah 49:19 · מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee.Jeremiah 51:34 · בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us as an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.Lamentations 2:2 · בִּלַּ֨עSwallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken down in His wrath The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, He hath caused to come to the earth, He polluted the kingdom and its princes.Lamentations 2:5 · בִּלַּ֣ע · בִּלַּע֙The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.Lamentations 2:8 · מִבַּלֵּ֑עַDevised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together—they have been weak.Lamentations 2:16 · בִּלָּ֑עְנוּOpened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: ‘We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found—we have seen.’Hosea 8:7 · יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none—a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield—strangers do swallow it up.Hosea 8:8 · נִבְלַ֖עIsrael hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.Jonah 1:17 · לִבְלֹ֖עַAnd Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.Habakkuk 1:13 · בְּבַלַּ֥עPurer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,