Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H1104בָּלַעba.la
to swallow upPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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49 occurrences in 48 verses
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They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up--
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 the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
נִ֭בְלָעֵם (נִ֭בְלָעֵ) Niv.la.'e “let us engulf”
An ungodly witness mocketh at right; and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
יְבַלַּע־ ye.va.la'- “it swallows up”
There is desirable 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, a babe is their master, 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 be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.
אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ 'a.va.Le.a' “I will confuse”
And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
וּבִלַּע֙ (בִלַּע֙) vi.La' “he will swallow up”
He will swallow up death for ever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of His people will He take away from off all the earth; for the LORD 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 one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ (יִבְלָעֶֽ) yiv.la.'E. “he will swallow”
But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.
נִבְלְע֣וּ niv.le.'U “they were confused”
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 set me down as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath washed me clean.
בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ (בְּלָעַ֙) be.la.'a. “he swallowed”
The Lord hath swallowed up unsparingly all the habitations of Jacob; 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 moaning.
בִּלַּ֣ע bi.La' “he has swallowed up”בִּלַּע֙ bi.La' “he has swallowed up”
The LORD 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; but He hath made the rampart and wall to mourn, 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; it hath no stalk, the bud that 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 become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no value.
נִבְלַ֖ע niv.La' “it will be swallowed”
And the LORD 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 eyes too pure to behold evil, and that canst not look on mischief, wherefore lookest Thou, when they 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”