1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to swallow down

1a2) to swallow up, engulf

1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up

1c) (Piel)

1c1) to swallow

1c2) to swallow up, engulf

1c3) squandering (fig.)

1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up

1e) (Hithpael) to be ended

Root √בלע: בָּלַע vb swallow down swallow up engulf Qal swallow down swallow up engulf , Niph swallowed up . i.e. devastated Pi swallow swallow up engulf . Pu be swallowed up . Hithp . their wisdom is all gone, ‘they are at their wit’s end’ .

בָּלַע vb swallow down swallow up engulf Qal swallow down swallow up engulf , Niph swallowed up . i.e. devastated Pi swallow swallow up engulf . Pu be swallowed up . Hithp . their wisdom is all gone, ‘they are at their wit’s end’ .