בּלע
bâla‛
baw-lah'
A primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally to destroy
KJV Usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
בּלע
bâla‛
baw-lah'
A primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally to destroy
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
בּלע
1. to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up
a. (Qal)
1. to swallow down
2. to swallow up, engulf
b. (Niphal) to be swallowed up
c. (Piel)
1. to swallow
2. to swallow up, engulf
3. squandering (fig.)
d. (Pual) to be swallowed up
e. (Hithpael) to be ended
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 251
Parts of Speech: Verb
- בָּלַע
- ba.la
- H:V
- to swallow up
- 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