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בלע

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Aramaic

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Verb

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בְּלַע (bəlaˁ)

  1. to swallow

Hebrew

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Root
ב־ל־ע (b-l-ʿ)

Etymology

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Compare Aramaic בְּלַע (to swallow), Amharic በላ (bäla, to eat), Arabic بَلَعَ (balaʕa, to swallow)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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בָּלַע (balá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְלַע)

  1. to swallow
  2. (figuratively) to engulf
  3. (slang) to fall for (something)

Conjugation

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Verb

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בִּלֵּעַ (biléa') (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of בילע

References

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Anagrams

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