Strong's Definition
from 1104; a gulp; figuratively, destruction
KJV Usage: devouring, that which he hath swallowed up
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בֶ֫לַע (be.la) — swallowing. 1) a swallowing, devouring (fig. for ruin) 2) a thing swallowed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · בלע
Ingest
something swallowed = something taken into someone's stomach by being drawn through his/her throat and esophagus
Non-Exist
swallowing, destroying = causative action by which humans cause other humans to be removed from existence in a violent way, as if by swallowing up
name · בַּלְעִי
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בֶ֫לַע n.[m.] swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed. swallowing = destruction
thing swallowed
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