בָּלַע (bālaʿ) is a Hebrew verb meaning swallow down. It appears 50 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1104).

Also rendered

• to swallow up

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 251)

Root family 251: בָּלַע bālaʿ — I, swallow down, swallow up

• בִּלְעָם bilʿām — Balaam
• בֶלַע belaʿ — swallowing

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