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title: בֶלַע — swallowing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶלַע (lemma:בֶלַע), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: swallowing. BDB 1906: swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶלַע

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«בֶלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swallowing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:בֶלַע · **BDB:** בֶּ֫לַע

### Glosses

of.swallowing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swallowing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed. swallowing = destruction, דִּבְרֵי־בָ֑לַע ψ 52:6 devouring words (‖ לְשׁוֹן מִרְמָה). thing swallowed בִּלְעוֹ, Je 51:44 וְהֹצֵאתִי את־ב׳ מִפִּיו and I will bring forth that which he hath swallowed out of his mouth.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5dc_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 52:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.52.6/)

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אָהַ֥בְתָּ כָֽל־דִּבְרֵי־בָ֗לַע לְשׁ֣וֹן מִרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* you.love all words of.swallowing a.tongue of.deceit

*JPS 1917:* Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue.

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