Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #252216

OSHB Psa 52:6 בָלַע (ⱱālaˊ) Strongs=1105 Lemma=‘בֶלַע’
contextual word gloss=‘swallowing’ word gloss=‘devour’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Only use of identical word form ‘בָלַע’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בָלַע’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘swallowing’.

Hebrew words (2) other than בָלַע (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘swallowing’

NUM 4:20 כְּבַלַּע (kəⱱallaˊ) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘בָּלַע’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘as, a_swallowing’ morpheme glosses=‘even, for_a_moment’ OSHB NUM 4:20 word 4

OET-LV: 20 And_not they _will _go to_see as_a _swallowing DOM the _holy_thing and_they _will _die. (NUM_4:20)

OET-RV: 20 However, they must never go early to set their eyes on the sacred objects, even briefly, or they’ll die.” (NUM 4:20)

LAM 2:8 מִבַּלֵּעַ (miballēˊa) Lemmas=‘מִן’, ‘בָּלַע’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘from, swallowing_up’ morpheme glosses=‘from, destroying’ OSHB LAM 2:8 word 12

OET-LV: 8 YHWH he _has _planned to_ the _wall _of _destroy of _the _daughter _of of _Tsiyyōn he _has _stretched _out a _measuring-line not he _has _turned _back his/its_hand from_swallowing _up and_he _has _caused _to _mourn rampart and_wall together they _have _languished. (LAM_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 Yahweh planned to destroy the wall of the daughter that’s Tsiyyon.
⇔ He stretched out the measuring line.
⇔ He didn’t withhold his hand from devouring,
⇔ and he’s brought the ramparts and wall to mourning. Together they wasted away. (LAM 2:8)