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title: בַּלָּהָה — terror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּלָּהָה (1091), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: terror. BDB 1906: n.f. terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּלָּהָה

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«בַּלָּהָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **terror** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 1091 · **BDB:** בַּלָּהָה

### Glosses

sudden.terror(s) (7); \[the\].sudden.terror(s) (1); of.sudden.terror(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1091/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1091/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction—בַּלָּהָה Is 17:14; pl. בַּלָּהוֹת Jb 18:11 + 7 times; cstr. בַּלְהוֹת Jb 24:17;— only pl. terrors Jb 18:11; 27:20; 30:15; מֶלֶךְ בּ׳ Jb 18:14 = death, cf. בּ׳ צַלְמָוֶת Jb 24:17. calamity Is 17:14, pl. ψ 73:19; calamity, destruction Ez 26:21; 27:36; 28:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּלָּהָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1091/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.11/)

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סָ֭בִיב בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּה֑וֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* all.around they terrify.him sudden.terror(s) and they scatter.him to feet his

*JPS 1917:* Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.

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[Job 24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.17/)

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כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו ׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* (dm) together \[is\].morning for them deep.darkness (dm) he.is.acquainted.with \[the\].sudden.terror(s) of.deep.darkness

*JPS 1917:* For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

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