BDB1147
בָּלַע verb swallow down, swallow up, engulf (idea of quickness, suddenness) (Late Hebrew id. , Arabic [untranscribed source text 620] swallow, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 621] eat, Aramaic בְּלַע, [untranscribed source text 622]; Assyrian bêlû , Pi`el destroy ZimBP 27) —
Qal
Perfect
בָּלַע
Job 20:15,
suffix בְּלָעַנִי
Jer 51:34 (
Qr
, compare
ᵐ5
Kt
נוּ-); 3 feminine singular בָּֽלְעָה
Num 16:30 3
plural suffix בְּלָעוּנוּ
Ps 124:3
Imperfect
יִבְלָ֑ע
Job 20:18,
וַיִּבְלַע
Exod 7:12, suffix
יִבְלָעֶנָּה
Isa 28:4 3
feminine singular וַתִּבְלַע
Num 16:32 + 2
t.; suffix תִּבְלָעֵנִי
Ps 69:16,
תִּבְלָעֵנוּ
Num 16:34,
וַתִּבְלָעֵם
Deut 11:6,
תִּבְלָעֵמוֺ
Exod 15:12 3
masculine plural suffix יִבְלָעֻהוּ
Hos 8:7 3 feminine
plural וַתִּבְלַעְנָה
Gen 41:7,
וַתִּבְלַעְןָ
Gen 41:24 1
plural suffix נִבְלָעֵם
Prov 1:12
Infinitive
לִבְלֹעַ
Jonah 2:1 suffix
בִּלְעִי
Job 7:19 —
1.
swallow down, with accusative Job 7:19; Isa 28:4, subject דָּג
Jonah 2:1
subject שִׁבֳּלִים
Gen 41:7; Gen 41:24
מַטֶּה
Exod 7:12.
2.
swallow up, engulf, subject אֶרֶץ
Exod 15:12;
Num 16:30;
Num 16:32;
Num 16:34;
Num 26:10;
Deut 11:6; Ps 106:17
figurative of greed Job 20:15 (object חַיִל; opposed to קיא
vomit); of violence, extortion Prov 1:12 (כִּשְׁאוֺל); of devastation by
enemy Hos 8:7;
Jer 51:34;
Ps 124:3
over-whelming by calamity Ps 69:16 (subject מצולה); of full enjoyment, profit Job 20:18
(no object)
Niph`al
Perfect
נִבְלַע
Hos 8:8,
נִבְלְעוּ
Isa 28:7 —
swallowed up, i.e. devastated Hos 8:8 engulfed by wine (yet compare
Pi`el
Isa 3:12
) Isa
28:7 (מןהֿיין
׳
נ, || שָׁגוּ בַשֵּׁכָר).
Pi`el
Perfect
בִּלַּע
Isa 25:8
+ 3 t.; וּבִלַּע consecutive Isa 25:7 3 plural בִּלֵּ֑עוּ
Isa 3:12
1 plural בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ
Lam 2:16
, suffix בִּלַּעֲנוּהוּ
Ps
35:25
Imperfect
יְבַלַּעֿ
Prov 19:28, suffix 3 masculine singular יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ
Job 8:18
;
Prov 21:20
יְבַלְּעֵם
Ps
21:10 3 feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular תְּבַלְּעֶנּוּ
Eccl 10:12 2 masculine singular תְּבַלַּע
2Sam 20:19, suffix וַתְּבַלְּעֵנִי
Job 10:8
1 singular אֲבַלַּע
2Sam 20:20, אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ
Isa 19:3
Imperative
בַּלַּע
Ps
55:10
Infinitive
בַּלַּע
Num 4:20
;
Hab 1:13, בַּלֵּ֑עַ
Lam 2:8
, suffix בַּלְּעוֺ
Job 2:3
Participle suffix מְבַלְּעָ֑יִךְ
Isa
49:19 —
1.
swallow
Num
4:20 (כְּבַלַּע
as a swallowing = for an instant); elsewhere
2.
swallow up, engulf, usually with accusative,
a. figurative
of destruction, ruin, Isa 3:12 (object דֶּרֶךְ); (Ba
from a √ II. בלע
confound, compare Di; see also
Isa
9:15;
Isa 19:3;
Isa 28:7; Ps 55:10; Ps 107:27); subject ׳
י
Lam 2:2
;
Lam 2:5 (twice in verse); Lam 2:8; Job 2:3; Job 10:8; Ps
21:10 (|| אכל), Isa 19:3 (object עֵצָה),
i.e. confuse, confound; so Ps 55:10
בַּלַּע אֲדֹנָי פַּלַּג לְשׁוֺנָם
confuse, Lord, divide their speech (compare בלל
Gen
11:7;
Gen 11:9 & see De
Che); subject wicked men, enemies Ps 35:25;
Isa 49:19 compare Lam 2:16 (absolute) Hab 1:13 object reflexive in
sense
Eccl 10:12 = annihilate Isa 25:7; Isa 25:8
b. literally = destroy
2Sam
20:19; 2Sam 20:20 (||
הִשְׁחִית); indefinite subject Job 8:18
ממקמו
׳
יב;
c. figurative for greedily (seize, adopt) practise
Prov
19:28, for extravagance, squandering
Prov 21:20.
Pu`al
Imperfect
יְבֻלַּע
2Sam 17:16
, יְבֻלָּ֑ע
Job 37:20
Participle
מְבֻלָּעִים
Isa 9:15 — be swallowed up, i.e. destroyed Job 37:20 compare
פֶּןיְֿבֻלַּע לַמֶּלֶךְ
2Sam 17:16
(impersonal); ruined Isa 9:15 (yet
compare below
Pi`el)
Hithpa`el
Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּתְבַּלָּ֑ע
Ps 107:27 (subject חכמה) their
wisdom is all gone, 'they are at their wit's end' (compare below
Pi`el)