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 reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃ tit.ba.La' “it was confused”
Then they had swallowed us up quick, 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 scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
יְבַלַּע־ ye.va.la'- “it swallows up”
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth 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 which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ bi.Le.'u “they have confused”
For the leaders of 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 thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to 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 cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
וּבִלַּע֙ (בִלַּע֙) vi.La' “he will swallow up”
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
בִּלַּ֤ע bi.La' “he will swallow up”
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit 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”
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
נִבְלְע֣וּ niv.le.'U “they were confused”
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of 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 swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, 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 strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
בִּלַּ֨ע bi.La' “he has swallowed up”
The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
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 a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ (בַּלֵּ֑עַ) ba.Le.a' “swallowing up”
All thine enemies have opened their mouth 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 have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃ (יִבְלָעֻֽ) yiv.la.'U. “they will swallow”
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
נִבְלַ֖ע niv.La' “it will be swallowed”
Now the LORD had 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 art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
בְּבַלַּ֥ע (בַלַּ֥ע) va.La' “swallows up”