H1110 — בָּלַק

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Hebrewbalaqverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 2521168

Definition / Gloss

balaq (baw-lak') v. 1. to annihilate [a primitive root] KJV: (make) waste.

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KJV Renderings

(make) waste.

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[בָּלַק] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâ‡u , Pi`el destroy, Lyon^{Sargon 61} ; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 623] a desert) —

Po`el Participle without מ, suffix בּוֺלְקָהּ Isa 24:1 (|| בּוֺקֵק, subject ׳ י, object הארץ); — on form (which might also be Qal Participle) compare Ol^{§ 254} Lag^{GN 1882, 403}; also בקק Po. Jer 51:2, and intensive use of Infinitive absolute Niph`al Isa 24:3 further Punic (i.e. intensive) Participle Nah 2:11 (this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance).

Pu`al Participle מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה Nah 2:11 ( ׳ בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה ומב), devastated, or as substantive a devastated city.

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