Strong's Lexicon

H1110

H1110 — בָּלַק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbalaqverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 2521168

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1110
Word:	בָּלַק
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	balaq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	baw-lak'
Meaning:	1. to annihilate
KJV Renderings:	(make) waste.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1154

[בָּלַק] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâ‡u , Pi`el destroy, Lyon^{Sargon 61} ; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 623] a desert) —

Po`el Participle without מ, suffix בּוֺלְקָהּ Isa 24:1 (|| בּוֺקֵק, subject ׳ י, object הארץ); — on form (which might also be Qal Participle) compare Ol^{§ 254} Lag^{GN 1882, 403}; also בקק Po. Jer 51:2, and intensive use of Infinitive absolute Niph`al Isa 24:3 further Punic (i.e. intensive) Participle Nah 2:11 (this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance).

Pu`al Participle מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה Nah 2:11 ( ׳ בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה ומב), devastated, or as substantive a devastated city.

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בלק (bah-lak’)

Nahum 2:10

KJV: She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

EHCC: (11). She is empty, and void, and waste: