בָּלַע

Genesis 41:7 וַתִּבְלַ֙עְנָה֙ and they swallowed

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

Genesis 41:24 וַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙ 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.”

Exodus 7:12 וַיִּבְלַ֥ע and it swallowed up

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

Exodus 15:12 תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ it swallowed up them

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

Numbers 4:20 כְּבַלַּ֥ע as a swallowing

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

Numbers 16:30 וּבָלְעָ֤ה and it will swallow

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 16:32 וַתִּבְלַ֥ע and it swallowed

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

Numbers 16:34 תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ it should swallow us

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

Numbers 26:10 וַתִּבְלַ֥ע and it swallowed

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.

Deuteronomy 11:6 וַתִּבְלָעֵ֥ם and it swallowed them

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.

2 Samuel 17:16 יְבֻלַּ֣ע it should be swallowed up

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 20:19 תְבַלַּ֖ע will you swallow 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 20:20 אֲבַלַּ֖ע I will swallow up

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

Job 2:3 לְבַלְּע֥וֹ to ruin him

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 7:19 בִּלְעִ֥י swallow I

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

Job 8:18 יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּ someone will swallow it

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

Job 10:8 וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃ and you have swallowed me

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

Job 20:15 בָּ֭לַע he swallows

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

Job 20:18 יִבְלָ֑ע he swallows [it]

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

Job 37:20 יְבֻלָּֽע׃ he will be swallowed up

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

Psalm 21:9 יְבַלְּעֵ֑ם he will swallow up them

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.

Psalm 35:25 בִּֽלַּעֲנֽוּהוּ׃ we have swallowed him

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

Psalm 55:9 בַּלַּ֣ע confuse

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

Psalm 69:15 תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִי it swallow up me

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

Psalm 106:17 וַתִּבְלַ֣ע and it swallowed up

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

Psalm 107:27 תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃ it was confused

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

Psalm 124:3 בְּלָע֑וּנוּ they had swallowed up us

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

Proverbs 1:12 נִ֭בְלָעֵם let us engulf them

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

Proverbs 19:28 יְבַלַּע־ it swallows up

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

Proverbs 21:20 יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃ he swallows up it

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

Ecclesiastes 10:12 תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃ it swallows him

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

Isaiah 3:12 בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ ס they have confused

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

Isaiah 9:16 מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃ [were] confused

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

Isaiah 19:3 אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ I will confuse

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 25:7 וּבִלַּע֙ and he will swallow up

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

Isaiah 25:8 בִּלַּ֤ע 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 28:4 יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ ס he will swallow it

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 28:7 נִבְלְע֣וּ they were confused

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 49:19 מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃ [those who] swallowed up you

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.

Jeremiah 51:34 בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ he swallowed me

“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.

Lamentations 2:2 בִּלַּ֨ע he has swallowed up

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 2:5 בִּלַּ֣ע בִּלַּע֙ 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 2:8 מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ from swallowing 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 2:16 בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ we have swallowed 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!”

Hosea 8:7 יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃ they will swallow it

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 8:8 נִבְלַ֖ע it will be swallowed

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

Jonah 1:17 לִבְלֹ֖עַ to swallow

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.

Habakkuk 1:13 בְּבַלַּ֥ע when swallows up

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?