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Lexicon :: Strong's H1101 - bālal

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בָּלַל
Transliteration
bālal
Pronunciation
baw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 248

Strong’s Definitions

בָּלַל bâlal, baw-lal'; a primitive root; (also denominatively from H1098) to fodder to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder:—anoint, confound, × fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H1101 in the following manner: mingled (37x), confound (2x), anointed (1x), mixed (1x), give provender (1x), tempered (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H1101 in the following manner: mingled (37x), confound (2x), anointed (1x), mixed (1x), give provender (1x), tempered (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. to mix, mingle, confuse, confound

    1. (Qal)

      1. to mingle, confuse

      2. to mix

      3. to give provender, feed (animals)

    2. (Hithpoel) to mix oneself (among others)

    3. (Hiphil) to fade away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּלַל bâlal, baw-lal'; a primitive root; (also denominatively from H1098) to fodder to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder:—anoint, confound, × fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper.
STRONGS H1101: Abbreviations
† I. בָּלַל verb mingle, mix, confuse, confound (Arabic بَلَّ moisten (with water), compare بَلَلً moisture, Assyrian balâlu, DlPr 70; compare Phoenician בלל name of a sacrifice, & Late Hebrew בִּלְבֵּל; Aramaic בַּלְבֵּל, Leblfb) —
Qal Perfect בָּלַל Genesis 11:9, בַּ֫לֹּתִֹי Psalm 92:11 (but compare below); Imperfect1plural נָָֽבְלָה = נָכֹ֫לָּה Genesis 11:7, compare Köi. 325; Participle passive בָּלוּל Exodus 29:40 + 3 times, בְּלוּלָה Leviticus 2:5 + 28 times, בְּלוּלֹת Exodus 29:2 + 4 times; —
1. mingle, confuse (object שָׂפָה = speech, language, which see) 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 Leviticus 2:4; usually as מנחה, בַּשֶּׁמֶן׳ סֹלֶת בּ׳ Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 14:10, 21; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79; Numbers 8:8; Numbers 15:4, 6, 9; Numbers 28:5, 9, 12 (twice in verse); Numbers 28:13; Numbers 28:20; Numbers 28:28; Numbers 29:3; Numbers 23:9; Numbers 23:14, בשׁ׳ מנחה ב׳ Leviticus 7:10 (opposed to חֲרֵבָה) Leviticus 9:4, בשׁ׳ חַלּוֺת מַצּוֺת ב׳ Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 7:12 (twice in verse), i.e. made by mixing with oil; סלת בשׁ׳ חלות מצות ב׳ Leviticus 2:4, בשׁ׳ סלת חלות ב׳ Numbers 6:15, i.e. fine flour (in the form) of cakes so made. ַבּ֫לֹּתִָּֽי בְּשֶׁמֶן רַעֲנָן Psalm 92:11 I shall be (am) anointed with fresh oil AV RV; verb not elsewhere in this sense; Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate 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. Imperfect יִתְבּוֺלָ֑ל Hosea 7:8; אפרים בעמים הוא י׳ Ephraim, among the peoples doth he mix himself; but Ew Now derive here from בלל = בלה (or נבל) waste away, compare Hiph.
Hiph. 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:7; 11:7; 11:9; 11:9

Exodus

29:2; 29:2; 29:40; 29:40

Leviticus

2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:5; 7:10; 7:12; 9:4; 14:10; 14:21; 23:13; 23:13

Numbers

6:15; 7:13; 7:19; 7:25; 7:31; 7:37; 7:43; 7:49; 7:55; 7:61; 7:67; 7:73; 7:79; 8:8; 15:4; 15:6; 15:9; 23:9; 23:14; 28:5; 28:9; 28:12; 28:13; 28:20; 28:28; 29:3

Judges

19:21

Psalms

92:11; 92:11

Isaiah

64:5

Hosea

7:8; 7:8

H1101

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Strong's Number H1101 matches the Hebrew בָּלַל (bālal),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - “Come, let Us go down and there confuse H1101 their [fn]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [fn]language.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore its name was called [fn]Babel, because there Yahweh confused H1101 the [fn]language of the whole earth; and from there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
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