Lexical Summary balal: to mingle, mix, confuse, confound Original Word: בָּלַלTransliteration: balal Phonetic Spelling: (baw-lal') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to mingle, mix, confuse, confound Meaning: to mingle, mix, confuse, confound Strong's Concordance anoint, confound, fade, mingle, mix self, give provender, temper A primitive root; to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; also (denominatively from bliyl) to fodder -- anoint, confound, X fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper. see HEBREW bliyl Brown-Driver-Briggs H1101. balal I. בָּלַל verb mingle, mix, confuse, confound (Arabic moisten (with water), compare moisture, Assyrian balâlu, DlPr 70; compare Phoenician בלל name of a sacrifice, & Late Hebrew בִּלְבֵּל; Aramaic בַּלְבֵּל, ) — Qal Perfect בָּלַל Genesis 11:9, ַבּלֹּתִָּֽי Psalm 92:11 (but compare below); Imperfect1plural נָָֽבְלָה = נָכֹ֫לָּה Genesis 11:7, compare Köi. 325; Participle passive בָּלוּל Exodus 29:40 3t., בְּלוּלָה Leviticus 2:5 28t., בְּלוּלֹת Exodus 29:2 4t.; — 1 mingle, confuse (object שָׂפָה = speech, language, q. v.) Genesis 11:7, 9 (J). 2 mix (cakes or flour, etc. always with oil) technical term of sacrifice, only P (H Leviticus 23:13), compare Di on 2:4; usually as בּ ׳סֹלֶת ׳בַּשֶּׁמֶן מנחה, Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 2:5; 14:10, 21; 23:13; Numbers 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79; 8:8; 15:4, 6, 9; 28:5, 9, 12 (twice in verse); 28:13; 28:20; 28:28; 29:3; 23:9; 23:14, ב ׳מנחה ׳בשׁ Leviticus 7:10 (opposed to חֲרֵבָה) 9:4, ב מַצּוֺת ׳חַלּוֺת ׳בשׁ Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 7:12 (twice in verse), i.e. made by mixing with oil; ב מצות ׳חלות ׳בשׁ סלת 2:4, ב חלות ׳סלת ׳בשׁ Numbers 6:15, i.e. fine flour (in the form) of cakes so made. רַעֲנָן בְּשֶׁמֶן ַבּלֹּתִָּֽי Psalm 92:11 I shall be (am) anointed with fresh oil AV RV; verb not elsewhere in this sense; ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Hup Che read בְּלֹתִי from בלה, infinitive construct suffix, abstract for concrete, my wasting = my wasting strength, of declining age; Israel under figure of old man; this however is not favoured by context. The passage is therefore doubtful. Hithpo`el Imperfect יִתְבּוֺלָ֑ל Hosea 7:8; י הוא בעמים ׳אפרים Ephraim, among the peoples doth he mix himself; but Ew Now derive here from בלל = בלה (or נבל) waste away, compare Hiph`il Hiph`il Imperfect וַנָּ֫בֶל Isaiah 64:5 and we faded away, but read perhaps וַנִּכֹּל from נבל compare Di (De, less probably, derives from בלל — compare Ew Now Hosea 7:8 — or בול = נבל). II. [בָּלַל] verb denominative to give provender — Qal Imperfect וַיָּ֑בָל Judges 19:21 Qr (Kt ויבול) followed by לְ give provender to the asses. |