Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1105 - בֶּלַע bela (a swallowing)

Original Word:	בֶּלַע
Transliteration:	bela
Definition:	a swallowing, devouring, a thing swallowed
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(beh'-lah)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

devouring, that which he hath swallowed up

From bala'; a gulp; figuratively, destruction -- devouring, that which he hath swallowed up.

see HEBREW bala'

Englishman's Concordance

1) a swallowing, devouring (figuratively for ruin)
2) a thing swallowed
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1104
Same Word by TWOT Number: 251a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. בֶּ֫לַעnoun [masculine]swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed.

1swallowing=destruction, דִּבְרֵיבָֿ֑לַעPsalm 52:6devouring words ("" לְשׁוֺן מִרְמָה).

2thing swallowedבִּלְעוֺ, Jeremiah 51:44׳וְהֹצֵאתִי אתבֿמִמִּיוand I will bring forth that which he hath swallowed out of his mouth.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1105. בֶּ֫לַע (bela) — 2 Occurrences

Psalm 52:4
HEB:כָֽל־ דִּבְרֵי־ בָ֗לַע לְשׁ֣וֹן מִרְמָֽה׃
NAS: words that devour, O deceitful
KJV: Thou lovest all devouring words,
INT: all words devour tongue deceitful

Jeremiah 51:44
HEB:וְהֹצֵאתִ֤י אֶת־ בִּלְעוֹ֙ מִפִּ֔יו וְלֹֽא־
NAS: in Babylon, And I will make what he has swallowed come
KJV: out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations
INT: Babylon come what of his mouth will no

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