1) a swallowing, devouring (fig. for ruin)

2) a thing swallowed

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’ .

בֶ֫לַע n.[m.] swallowing devouring thing swallowed swallowing destruction = thing swallowed .