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title: בֶּלַע — Bela · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּלַע (1106), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Bela. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּלַע

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«בֶּלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bela** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 1106 · **BDB:** בֶּ֫לַע²

### Glosses

Bela (9); of.Bela (2); \[were\].Bela (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bela [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1106/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1106/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. בֶּלַע Gn 36:32 = 1 Ch 1:43; בָּ֑לַע Gn 36:33 = 1 Ch 1:44 a king of Edom, ב׳ בן בעור (cf. בִּלְעָם \& Di Gn 36:32). בֶּלַע 1st son of Benjamin Gn 46:21; Nu 26:38, 40; 1 Ch 7:6, 7; 8:1, 3 (בָּ֑לַע). בֶּלַע a Reubenite 1 Ch 5:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1106/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.6/)

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בִּנְיָמִ֗ן בֶּ֧לַע וָבֶ֛כֶר וִידִֽיעֲאֵ֖ל שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* Benjamin \[were\].Bela and Beker and Jediael three

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

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[1 Chronicles 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.3/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בָנִ֖ים לְבָ֑לַע אַדָּ֥ר וְגֵרָ֖א וַאֲבִיהֽוּד׃

*Word for word:* and they.belonged sons to Bela Addar and Gera and Abihud

*JPS 1917:* And Bela had sons, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud;

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