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[בָּלָה] verb become old and worn out (Arabic [untranscribed source text 601], Aramaic בְּלֵי, [untranscribed source text 602], Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 603] id.) —
Qal
Perfect
בָּלְתָה
Deut 8:4,
בָּלוּ
Deut 29:4 +;
Imperfect
יִבְלֶה
Job 13:28
etc.; Infinitive with suffix בְּלֹתִי
Gen 18:12 —
wear out (intransitive), especially of garments Deut 8:4; Deut 29:4 (twice in verse), all with מֵעַל
pregnantly wear out (and fall) from upon… (hence Neh 9:21), Josh 9:13 figurative
of the heavens (with simile of garment) Isa 50:9; Ps 102:27
כַּבֶּגֶד יִבְלוּ, the earth Isa 51:6
כַּבֶּגֶד תִּבְלֶה; the bones (through suffering) Ps 32:3 afflicted man Job 13:28
וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה (|| כְּבֶגֶד
אֲכָלוֺ עָשׁ); of an aged and decrepit woman Gen 18:12 (
J
) אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי after I am worn out.
Pi`el
causative of Qal.
a.
wear out (transitive), figurative Lam 3:4
בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי
וְעוֺרִי, Ps 49:15 and their form לְבַלּוֺת שְּׁאוֺל is for
Sh®°ôl
to consume away (others read לִבְלוֺת is for wasting away
[Dr§ 204], connecting ׳
שׁ with following), 1Chr 17:9
לְבַלֹּתוֺ
to wear it (Israel) out (altered from לְעַנּוֺתוֺ
2Sam 7:10
), compare Dan
7:25 Aramaic
b.
wear out by use, use to the full, Isa 65:22 and the work of their hands
יְבַלּוּ they shall use to the full, enjoy, Job 21:13 they
wear out their days in prosperity (
Qr
here יְכַלּוּ
complete, which perhaps is the true reading in both passages; compare Exod 5:13
;
Job 36:11). — On ַבּלּוֺתֹּי
Ps 92:11
, see below בָּלַל.