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title: בָּלַג — gleam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּלַג (1082), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: gleam. BDB 1906: vb. gleam, smile. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּלַג

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«בָּלַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gleam** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1082 · **BDB:** בָּלַג

### Glosses

that.I.may.be.cheerful (2); I.will.be.cheerful (1); who\].causes.to.flash (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gleam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1082/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. gleam, smile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1082/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gleam, smile (Arabic بَلِجَ )—only Impf. 1 s. c. וְ subord. וְאַבְלִ֫יגָה Jb 9:27 + 2 times; Pt. מַבְלִיג Am 5:9;— shew a smile, look cheerful ψ 39:14 Jb 9:27; 10:20. cause to burst or flash המב׳ שֹׁד על־עָ֑ז Am 5:9 (cf. Ew St).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּלַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1082/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.9/)

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הַמַּבְלִ֥יג שֹׁ֖ד עַל־עָ֑ז וְשֹׁ֖ד עַל־מִבְצָ֥ר יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].causes.to.flash devastation on \[the\].strong and devastation on a.fortress it.will.come

*JPS 1917:* That causeth destruction to flash upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

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[Job 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.27/)

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אִם־אָ֭מְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣י וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃

*Word for word:* if my.saying \[is\] I.will.forget complaint my I.will.let.loose face my and I.will.be.cheerful

*JPS 1917:* If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',

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