Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H1104בָּלַעba.la
to swallow upPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃ tit.ba.La' “it was confused”
Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
בְּלָע֑וּנוּ (בְּלָע֑וּ) be.la.'U. “they had swallowed up”
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
נִ֭בְלָעֵם (נִ֭בְלָעֵ) Niv.la.'e “let us engulf”
A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
יְבַלַּע־ ye.va.la'- “it swallows up”
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃ (יְבַלְּעֶֽ) ye.val.le.'E. “he swallows up”
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃ (תְּבַלְּעֶֽ) te.val.le.'E. “it swallows”
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ bi.Le.'u “they have confused”
For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃ me.vu.la.'Im “[were] confused”
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ 'a.va.Le.a' “I will confuse”
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
וּבִלַּע֙ (בִלַּע֙) vi.La' “he will swallow up”
He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
בִּלַּ֤ע bi.La' “he will swallow up”
and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ (יִבְלָעֶֽ) yiv.la.'E. “he will swallow”
And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
נִבְלְע֣וּ niv.le.'U “they were confused”
For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃ (מְבַלְּעָֽיִ) me.va.le.'A.yi “[those who] swallowed up”
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ (בְּלָעַ֙) be.la.'a. “he swallowed”
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.
בִּלַּ֨ע bi.La' “he has swallowed up”
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
בִּלַּ֣ע bi.La' “he has swallowed up”בִּלַּע֙ bi.La' “he has swallowed up”
Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ (בַּלֵּ֑עַ) ba.Le.a' “swallowing up”
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide 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.
בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ bi.La.'e.nu “we have swallowed up”
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃ (יִבְלָעֻֽ) yiv.la.'U. “they will swallow”
Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.
נִבְלַ֖ע niv.La' “it will be swallowed”
And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
לִבְלֹ֖עַ (בְלֹ֖עַ) v.Lo.a' “swallow”
Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
בְּבַלַּ֥ע (בַלַּ֥ע) va.La' “swallows up”