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Genesis 41:24

“And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּלַעbâlaʻ · baw-lah'
H1104 · Hebrew

Definition: to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
תִּבְלַ֨עְןָ֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3fp
Usage: Occurs 50 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:7 Exodus 7:12 Exodus 15:12 Numbers 4:20 Numbers 16:30

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּלַע here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.