--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 5 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Balancing means keeping something steady so it does not fall, like balancing on one foot.[↗](../../balancing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Balancing means making two sides weigh or be worth the same, like a scale with equal weights.[↗](../../balancing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Balancing money means making sure what comes in and goes out match.[↗](../../balancing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scale is balancing: 3 apples on one side and 600 g on the other.[↗](../../balancing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is balancing 4 books on her head.[↗](../../balancing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Balancing the scale needs 2 more weights.[↗](../../balancing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What number keeps the two sides balancing?[↗](../../balancing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gymnast is balancing on the beam.[↗](../../balancing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was balancing on one leg for 30 seconds.[↗](../../balancing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Seals can learn balancing a ball on their nose.[↗](../../balancing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Balancing an equation means both sides have the same value.[↗](../../balancing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?[↗](../../balancing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balancing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **balcony** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A balcony is a small floor with a railing on the outside of a building, where you can stand or sit above the ground.[↗](../../balcony/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a theatre or cinema, the balcony is the upper level of seats.[↗](../../balcony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 6 flower pots on the balcony.[↗](../../balcony/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The balcony is 4 meters long and 2 meters wide.[↗](../../balcony/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each flat has one balcony.[↗](../../balcony/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 3 birds sat on the balcony.[↗](../../balcony/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate breakfast on the balcony.[↗](../../balcony/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never climb on the balcony railing.[↗](../../balcony/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our hotel room had a balcony with a view of the sea.[↗](../../balcony/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat in the balcony at the theatre.[↗](../../balcony/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · One evening the stranger sat out on the balcony.[↗](../../balcony/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bald** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bald means having little or no hair on the head.[↗](../../bald/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "my grandad is bald".[↗](../../bald/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bald can mean without the usual covering.[↗](../../bald/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "bald tyres" have their grooves worn down and are dangerous.[↗](../../bald/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bald statement or fact is plain and simple, with no extra detail.[↗](../../bald/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Balding means losing hair.[↗](../../bald/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandpa is bald and wears a cap in the sun.[↗](../../bald/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad has a bald patch on top of his head.[↗](../../bald/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bald eagle is the bird of the United States.[↗](../../bald/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bald tyres are dangerous on wet roads.[↗](../../bald/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He started going bald in his twenties.[↗](../../bald/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bald fact is that we lost.[↗](../../bald/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A BALD KNIGHT, who wore a wig, went out to hunt.[↗](../../bald/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.[↗](../../bald/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bald/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean.[↗](../../bald/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bald/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.[↗](../../bald/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bald/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.[↗](../../bald/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bald/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight; enlarge thy baldness as the vulture; for they are gone into captivity from thee.[↗](../../bald/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bald/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter lamentation.[↗](../../bald/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bald/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **baldhead** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who has no hair on the top of the head.[↗](../../baldhead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **baldness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having little or no hair on the head.[↗](../../baldness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The state of a surface being bare, without its usual covering (the baldness of a worn tyre).[↗](../../baldness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Baldness often runs in families.[↗](../../baldness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa jokes about his baldness.[↗](../../baldness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some medicines can cause baldness for a while.[↗](../../baldness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His baldness made him easy to spot in the crowd.[↗](../../baldness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many men start going bald as they get older.[↗](../../baldness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bald eagle is not really bald; it has white feathers on its head.[↗](../../baldness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.[↗](../../baldness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baldness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.[↗](../../baldness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.21.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baldness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself?[↗](../../baldness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.47.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baldness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And in that day did the Lord, the GOD of hosts, call to weeping, and to lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; (Prophets ISA.22.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baldness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.[↗](../../baldness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baldness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **bale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bale is a large tightly packed bundle of hay, straw, cotton or wool, tied up with string or wire.[↗](../../bale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To bale hay means to press it into bales.[↗](../../bale/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK) To bale out means to jump out of a plane with a parachute, or to scoop water out of a boat; in the US usually spelt «bail out».[↗](../../bale/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Bales can also be large bundles of goods, such as silk or cloth, packed tightly for shipping.[↗](../../bale/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer stacked the hay bales in the barn.[↗](../../bale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bale weighs 25 kilograms; how much do 8 bales weigh?[↗](../../bale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat on a bale of straw at the fair.[↗](../../bale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The machine bales the hay in the field.[↗](../../bale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot had to bale out over the sea.[↗](../../bale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bale the water out of the boat with this bucket\![↗](../../bale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "So, captain," said I, "the merchant who owned those bales was called Sindbad?"[↗](../../bale/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **baleen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Baleen is a strong, bendy material growing in long plates from the top jaw of some whales, used like a giant sieve or comb to filter food from sea water.[↗](../../baleen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A baleen whale is a whale that has baleen instead of teeth, like the blue whale and the humpback.[↗](../../baleen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Blue whales are baleen whales.[↗](../../baleen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baleen is made of the same material as our fingernails.[↗](../../baleen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The whale strained krill through its baleen.[↗](../../baleen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We touched a strip of baleen at the museum; it felt like a stiff hairbrush.[↗](../../baleen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toothed whales, like dolphins, have no baleen.[↗](../../baleen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past, baleen was used to make corsets.[↗](../../baleen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A humpback has hundreds of baleen plates.[↗](../../baleen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **baleful** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Baleful means full of threat or harm: a baleful look shows anger or a wish to hurt.[↗](../../baleful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") This is an old or literary word.[↗](../../baleful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How long shall thy baleful thoughts lodge within thee?[↗](../../baleful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baleful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many tales show how to take away a vampire's baleful power.[↗](../../baleful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave me a baleful stare.[↗](../../baleful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **balkan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the Balkans, a mountainous region in south-east Europe.[↗](../../balkan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Balkans: the countries of that region, such as Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Kosovo.[↗](../../balkan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Balkan countries lie in south-east Europe.[↗](../../balkan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tasted Balkan food like burek and stuffed peppers.[↗](../../balkan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Balkan Mountains run across Bulgaria.[↗](../../balkan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Balkan towns have old stone bridges.[↗](../../balkan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She went on holiday to the Balkans last summer.[↗](../../balkan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Balkan music often uses fast, lively rhythms.[↗](../../balkan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our history class learned about the Balkan wars.[↗](../../balkan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ball** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ball is a round thing used in games, for throwing, kicking, hitting or bouncing.[↗](../../ball/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A ball is anything round, like a ball of wool or a snowball.[↗](../../ball/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A ball is a big formal dance party.[↗](../../ball/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The ball of the foot is the round part under the toes.[↗](../../ball/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He has 12 tennis balls.[↗](../../ball/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each can holds 3 balls.[↗](../../ball/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She lost 4 balls.[↗](../../ball/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach bought 6 balls for 5 dollars each.[↗](../../ball/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Kick the ball to me\![↗](../../ball/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She rolled the clay into a ball.[↗](../../ball/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cinderella went to the ball.[↗](../../ball/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a ball at the party.[↗](../../ball/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A ball is shaped like a sphere.[↗](../../ball/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't chase a ball onto the road.[↗](../../ball/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He will violently roll and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of the lord's house.[↗](../../ball/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.22.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ball/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **ballad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ballad is a song or poem that tells a story, often in short verses.[↗](../../ballad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man sang a ballad about a brave knight.[↗](../../ballad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The story was told in a ballad from long ago.[↗](../../ballad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem: (Prophets ISA.28.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ballad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ballast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Heavy material, such as stones, sand or water, put low in a ship or balloon to keep it steady.[↗](../../ballast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The stones laid under railway tracks to hold them in place.[↗](../../ballast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something that gives steadiness or balance to a person or plan.[↗](../../ballast/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship carried rocks as ballast to stop it rolling over.[↗](../../ballast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The submarine filled its ballast tanks with water to dive.[↗](../../ballast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The balloonist threw out a bag of sand ballast and the balloon rose.[↗](../../ballast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grey ballast stones lie under the railway sleepers.[↗](../../ballast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We added coins to the bottom of our model boat as ballast.[↗](../../ballast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Weight low down acts as ballast and keeps the boat steady.[↗](../../ballast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ballerina** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A female ballet dancer, especially a leading one in a ballet company.[↗](../../ballerina/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A ballerina shoe or flat: a flat, soft shoe that looks like a ballet slipper.[↗](../../ballerina/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ballerina spun on the tips of her toes.[↗](../../ballerina/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister wants to be a ballerina when she grows up.[↗](../../ballerina/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prima ballerina danced the lead in Swan Lake.[↗](../../ballerina/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tiny ballerina turned in the music box.[↗](../../ballerina/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ballerinas train for many hours every day.[↗](../../ballerina/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore ballerina flats to the party.[↗](../../ballerina/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Boys and men who dance ballet are called ballet dancers.[↗](../../ballerina/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ballet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ballet is a kind of graceful dance that tells a story or shows feelings, with exact steps, jumps and turns, often on the tips of the toes.[↗](../../ballet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A ballet is one show or story performed in this dance, like «The Nutcracker» or «Swan Lake».[↗](../../ballet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A ballet is also a company of ballet dancers: «the Royal Ballet».[↗](../../ballet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister goes to ballet on Saturdays.[↗](../../ballet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ballet dancers practise for hours every day.[↗](../../ballet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw «The Nutcracker» ballet at Christmas.[↗](../../ballet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wears pink ballet shoes.[↗](../../ballet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A pirouette is a spin in ballet.[↗](../../ballet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Boys and girls can both do ballet.[↗](../../ballet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ballet told the story of a swan princess.[↗](../../ballet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ballet makes your legs very strong.[↗](../../ballet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A little opera and a great ballet were performed, and a prologue and an epilogue into the bargain; and that would last till late at night.[↗](../../ballet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **balloon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A balloon is a thin rubber bag that you fill with air or gas; it floats if filled with helium.[↗](../../balloon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hot-air balloon is a very big balloon with a basket that can carry people through the sky.[↗](../../balloon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To balloon is to grow bigger very fast.[↗](../../balloon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 4 bags.[↗](../../balloon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Each bag has 7 balloons.[↗](../../balloon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How many balloons are there?[↗](../../balloon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam had 12 balloons and 5 popped.[↗](../../balloon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia has 6 red balloons and 3 blue balloons.[↗](../../balloon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We blew up balloons for Dad's party.[↗](../../balloon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The balloon floated up into the sky.[↗](../../balloon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rub a balloon on your hair and it sticks to the wall.[↗](../../balloon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A hot-air balloon drifted over the fields.[↗](../../balloon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pop\![↗](../../balloon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") The balloon burst when it hit the rose bush.[↗](../../balloon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Well, really,” exclaimed a small Fire-balloon, “why not?[↗](../../balloon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ballot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A way of voting secretly by writing on a paper or using a machine.[↗](../../ballot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The paper you vote on (a ballot paper).[↗](../../ballot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A vote held in this way.[↗](../../ballot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK, Australia) A random draw to decide who gets something, like tickets or places.[↗](../../ballot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To ask people to vote.[↗](../../ballot/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We voted for class captain by secret ballot.[↗](../../ballot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your ballot paper in the ballot box.[↗](../../ballot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of 30 ballots, 18 were for Mia.[↗](../../ballot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tickets for the final were sold by ballot.[↗](../../ballot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The union balloted its members.[↗](../../ballot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each ballot must be counted carefully.[↗](../../ballot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ballpoint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pen with a tiny metal ball at its tip that rolls and spreads ink as you write; also called a ballpoint pen.[↗](../../ballpoint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Of this kind of pen: «ballpoint ink».[↗](../../ballpoint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I borrow a blue ballpoint?[↗](../../ballpoint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ballpoint pen ran out of ink in the middle of my test.[↗](../../ballpoint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ballpoint ink dries quickly.[↗](../../ballpoint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your answer in ballpoint, not pencil.[↗](../../ballpoint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiny ball in a ballpoint rolls as you write.[↗](../../ballpoint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My ballpoint leaked in my pencil case.[↗](../../ballpoint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ballroom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ballroom is a large room, often in a grand house or hall, where people dance.[↗](../../ballroom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I saw her in a splendid ballroom.[↗](../../ballroom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When everyone had eaten, they went into the ballroom.[↗](../../ballroom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **balm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A balm is a thick, oily cream or ointment that soothes, heals or protects the skin.[↗](../../balm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A balm is anything that comforts or calms you, as in «Music was a balm to her».[↗](../../balm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Balm can also be a sweet-smelling herb, such as lemon balm, used to make teas.[↗](../../balm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put on lip balm so your lips don't crack.[↗](../../balm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma rubbed balm on my itchy bite.[↗](../../balm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cool breeze was a balm after the hot day.[↗](../../balm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This balm smells of mint.[↗](../../balm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lemon balm grows in our herb garden.[↗](../../balm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His kind words were a balm to her sadness.[↗](../../balm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.[↗](../../balm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there no balm in Gilead?[↗](../../balm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.[↗](../../balm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no cure for thee.[↗](../../balm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/6/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 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