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בָּלַע — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: בָּלַע

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בָּלַע

bālaʿ

swallow down

בָּלַע vb. swallow down, swallow up, engulf

Qal

1. swallow down

2. swallow up, engulf

Niph. swallowed up, i.e. devastated

Pi.

1. swallow

2. swallow up, engulf

Pu. be swallowed up

Hithp. their wisdom is all gone, ‘they are at their wit’s end’

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.