בָּלַע (bālaʿ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning swallow down. It appears
50 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1104).
Also rendered
to swallow up
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 251)
Range of meaning (TWOT 251)swallow down, swallow up, engulf; swallowed up; swallow; make away with, swallowing, destroy; cover, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בָּלַעverb: swallow down, swallow up, engulf
Qal
1.swallow down
2.swallow up, engulf
Niphalswallowed up, i.e. devastated
Piel
1.swallow
2.swallow up, engulf
Pualbe swallowed up
Strong's H1104בָּלַע: to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy KJV:cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.