בָּלַע

And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.

Genesis 41:7

• וַתִּבְלַ֙עְנָה֙vativla'nahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they swallowed

And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”

Genesis 41:24

• וַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙vativla'naHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they swallowed

Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

Exodus 7:12

• וַיִּבְלַ֥עvaiyivla'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it swallowed up

You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

Exodus 15:12

• תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹtivlaemovverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it swallowed up them

But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

Numbers 4:20

• כְּבַלַּ֥עkevala'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as a swallowing

But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

Numbers 16:30

• וּבָלְעָ֤הuvalahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will swallow

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

Numbers 16:32

• וַתִּבְלַ֥עvativla'Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it swallowed

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

Numbers 16:34

• תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּtivlaenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: it should swallow us

And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

Numbers 26:10

• וַתִּבְלַ֥עvativla'Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it swallowed

and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

Deuteronomy 11:6

• וַתִּבְלָעֵ֥םvativlaemHc/Vqw3fs/Sp3mptagged: and it swallowed them

Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

2 Samuel 17:16

• יְבֻלַּ֣עyevula'verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it should be swallowed up

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 20:19

• תְבַלַּ֖עtevala'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you swallow up

“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

2 Samuel 20:20

• אֲבַלַּ֖עʾavala'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will swallow up

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Job 2:3

• לְבַלְּע֥וֹlevaleopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to ruin him

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

Job 7:19

• בִּלְעִ֥יbiliverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: swallow I

If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

Job 8:18

• יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּyevalleenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone will swallow it

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Job 10:8

• וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃vatevaleeniHc/Vpw2ms/Sp1bstagged: and you have swallowed me

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

Job 20:15

• בָּ֭לַעbala'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swallows

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Job 20:18

• יִבְלָ֑עyivla'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swallows

Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

Job 37:20

• יְבֻלָּֽע׃yevula'verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be swallowed up

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

Psalms 21:9

• יְבַלְּעֵ֑םyevaleemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he will swallow up them

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Psalms 35:25

• בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃bilaanuhuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: we have swallowed him

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

Psalms 55:9

• בַּלַּ֣עbala'verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: confuse

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalms 69:15

• תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִיtivlaeniverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it swallow up me

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Psalms 106:17

• וַתִּבְלַ֣עvativla'Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it swallowed up

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Psalms 107:27

• תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃titbala'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was confused

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Psalms 124:3

• בְּלָע֑וּנוּbelaunuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: they had swallowed up us

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Proverbs 1:12

• נִ֭בְלָעֵםnivlaemverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let us engulf them

A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.

Proverbs 19:28

• יְבַלַּע־yevala'-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it swallows up

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

Proverbs 21:20

• יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃yevalleenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swallows up it

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

• תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃tevalleenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it swallows him

Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

Isaiah 3:12

• בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ סbileuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have confused

For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Isaiah 9:16

• מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃mevulaimverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: confused

Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

Isaiah 19:3

• אֲבַלֵּ֑עַʾavalea'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will confuse

On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

Isaiah 25:7

• וּבִלַּע֙uvila'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will swallow up

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 25:8

• בִּלַּ֤עbila'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will swallow up

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

Isaiah 28:4

• יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ סyivlaenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he will swallow it

These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.

Isaiah 28:7

• נִבְלְע֣וּnivleuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were confused

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Isaiah 49:19

• מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃mevaleayikhverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: swallowed up you

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Jeremiah 51:34

• בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙belaaniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he swallowed me

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:2

• בִּלַּ֨עbila'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has swallowed up

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

Lamentations 2:5

• בִּלַּ֣עbila'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has swallowed up
• בִּלַּע֙bila'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has swallowed up

The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

Lamentations 2:8

• מִבַּלֵּ֑עַmibalea'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from swallowing up

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

Lamentations 2:16

• בִּלָּ֑עְנוּbilaenuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have swallowed up

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Hosea 8:7

• יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃yivlauhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they will swallow it

Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

Hosea 8:8

• נִבְלַ֖עnivla'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be swallowed

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

Jonah 1:17

• לִבְלֹ֖עַlivloa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to swallow

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Habakkuk 1:13

• בְּבַלַּ֥עbevala'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when swallows up