Original: בָּלַע

Transliteration: bâlaʻ

Phonetic: baw-lah'

Short Definition: Cover

Original: בּלע

Transliteration: bâla‛

Phonetic: beh'-lah

BDB Definition:

1. to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up
   1. (Qal)
      1. to swallow down
      2. to swallow up, engulf
   2. (Niphal) to be swallowed up
   3. (Piel)
      1. to swallow
      2. to swallow up, engulf
      3. squandering (figuratively)
   4. (Pual) to be swallowed up
   5. (Hithpael) to be ended

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 251

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H1105, H1106, H1108, H1109