Hebrew · Strong's H1082
בָּלַג
balagbaw-lag'
to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)
1890 spelling: bâlag
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)
Rendered in the KJV as
comfort, (recover) strength(-en).
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַמַּבְלִ֥יג1
- וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה1
- וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה1
- וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- and I will be cheerful1
- so I may be cheerful1
- so let me be cheerful1
- the [who] causes to flash1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
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- HC/Vhc1cs · 3
- HTd/Vhrmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Job2 occurrences
- Job 9:27וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃veavligahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularIf I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’here: and I will be cheerful
- Job 10:20וְאַבְלִ֥יגָהveavligahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularAre my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,here: so I may be cheerful