King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1110
Transliteration: balaq
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-lak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to waste, lay waste
Meaning: to waste, lay waste
Word Summary
balaq: to waste, lay waste
Original Word: בָּלַקTransliteration: balaq
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-lak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to waste, lay waste
Meaning: to waste, lay waste
Strong's Concordance
make waste A primitive root; to annihilate -- (make) waste.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1110. balaq
[בָּלַק] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâ‡u, Pi`el destroy, LyonSargon 61; compare Arabic a desert) —
Po`el Participle without מ, suffix בּוֺלְקָהּ Isaiah 24:1 ("" בּוֺקֵק, subject ׳י, object הארץ); — on form (which might also be Qal Participle) compare Ol§ 254 LagGN 1882, 403; also בקק Po. Jeremiah 51:2, and intensive use of Infinitive absolute Niph`al Isaiah 24:3; further Punic (i.e. intensive) Participle Nahum 2:11 (this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance).
Pu`al Participle מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה Nahum 2:11 (ומב וּמְבוּקָה ׳בּוּקָה), devastated, or as substantive a devastated city.