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H1104בָּלַעba.la

to swallow upPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 5
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 3
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 7
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 8
  24. 1
  25. 5
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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49 occurrences in 48 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Psalms 107:27

    They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

    תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃ tit.ba.La' “it was confused”

  2. Psalms 124:3

    They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

    בְּלָע֑וּנוּ (בְּלָע֑וּ) be.la.'U. “they had swallowed up”

  3. Proverbs 1:12

    Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

    נִ֭בְלָעֵם (נִ֭בְלָעֵ) Niv.la.'e “let us engulf”

  4. Proverbs 19:28

    A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

    יְבַלַּע־ ye.va.la'- “it swallows up”

  5. Proverbs 21:20

    There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

    יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃ (יְבַלְּעֶֽ) ye.val.le.'E. “he swallows up”

  6. Ecclesiastes 10:12

    The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

    תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃ (תְּבַלְּעֶֽ) te.val.le.'E. “it swallows”

  7. Isaiah 3:12

    As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

    בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ bi.Le.'u “they have confused”

  8. Isaiah 9:16

    For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.

    מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃ me.vu.la.'Im “[were] confused”

  9. Isaiah 19:3

    And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret

    אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ 'a.va.Le.a' “I will confuse”

  10. Isaiah 25:7

    And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.

    וּבִלַּע֙ (בִלַּע֙) vi.La' “he will swallow up”

  11. Isaiah 25:8

    He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

    בִּלַּ֤ע bi.La' “he will swallow up”

  12. Isaiah 28:4

    And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.

    יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ (יִבְלָעֶֽ) yiv.la.'E. “he will swallow”

  13. Isaiah 28:7

    And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vi

    נִבְלְע֣וּ niv.le.'U “they were confused”

  14. Isaiah 49:19

    For though the waste places of your land have been given to destruction, now you will not be wide enough for your people, and those who made you waste will be far away.

    מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃ (מְבַלְּעָֽיִ) me.va.le.'A.yi “[those who] swallowed up”

  15. Jeremiah 51:34

    Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

    בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ (בְּלָעַ֙) be.la.'a. “he swallowed”

  16. Lamentations 2:2

    The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.

    בִּלַּ֨ע bi.La' “he has swallowed up”

  17. Lamentations 2:5

    The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

    בִּלַּ֣ע bi.La' “he has swallowed up”בִּלַּע֙ bi.La' “he has swallowed up”

  18. Lamentations 2:8

    It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

    מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ (בַּלֵּ֑עַ) ba.Le.a' “swallowing up”

  19. Lamentations 2:16

    All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

    בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ bi.La.'e.nu “we have swallowed up”

  20. Hosea 8:7

    For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

    יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃ (יִבְלָעֻֽ) yiv.la.'U. “they will swallow”

  21. Hosea 8:8

    Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.

    נִבְלַ֖ע niv.La' “it will be swallowed”

  22. Jonah 2:1

    And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

    לִבְלֹ֖עַ (בְלֹ֖עַ) v.Lo.a' “swallow”

  23. Habakkuk 1:13

    Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

    בְּבַלַּ֥ע (בַלַּ֥ע) va.La' “swallows up”