בֶלַע
belaʿ
swallowing
Strong's H1105NounHebrewTWOT 251a

בֶלַע (belaʿ) is a Hebrew noun meaning swallowing. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1105).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 251a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 251a)swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed; destruction; gulp; that which he hath swallowed up
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בֶ֫לַע noun, masculine: swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed

Strong's H1105 בֶּלַע: a gulp; figuratively, destruction
KJV:devouring, that which he hath swallowed 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.

Root family 251: בָּלַע bālaʿ — swallow down, swallow up, engulf; swallowed up; swallow; make away with, swallowing, destroy; cover, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up

See it in Scripture

Jeremiah 51:44

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