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בֶ֫לַע

be.laH:N-M

swallowing

1) a swallowing, devouring (fig. for ruin) 2) a thing swallowed

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. בֶּ֫לַע noun [masculine] swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed.

1. swallowing = destruction, דִּבְרֵיבָֿ֑לַע Ps 52:6 devouring words (|| לְשׁוֺן מִרְמָה).
2. thing swallowed בִּלְעוֺ, Jer 51:44 ׳וְהֹצֵאתִי אתבֿ מִפִּיו and I will bring forth that which he hath swallowed out of his mouth.


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