בָּלֶה
bâleh · H1087 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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worn-out
State in which objects have lost their quality and strength due to continued use; used figuratively to denote the loss of a person's vitality
ExamplesJoshua 9:4 but they on their part acted craftily and went and took provisions for a journey, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins that were worn out, split open, and patched,
Joshua 9:5 and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and had become crumbled.
Ezekiel 23:43 “Then I said concerning her who was worn out by adulteries, ‘Will they now commit adultery with her when she is like this?’
How it’s used In 1 role
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After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Impact002001001024
- The adjective describes something worn out through use, as the Gibeonites bring 'worn-out sacks' and 'wineskins... worn out, split open' as part of their ruse in Joshua 9:4-5, fitting this domain's category for the effects of wear.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1087. baleh [בָּלֶה] adjective worn out; feminine בָּלָה Eze 23:43 (of a woman, compare…
[בָּלֶה] adjective worn out; feminine בָּלָה Eze 23:43 (of a woman, compare Gen 18:12 above); plural בָּלִים Jos 9:4 (sacks), Jos 9:4 (wine-skins), בָּלוֺת Jos 9:5 (sandals), Jos 9:5 (garments).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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