Lexical Definition

‎בְּלוֹ‎ bᵉlôw (bel-o') tribute ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to ‎בָּלָה‎

tribute.

• excise (on articles consumed)

1) tribute

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּלוֺ‎ noun [masculine] tribute (loan-word from Assyrian biltu, √ ‎ובל‎, according to most modern; but Scheft⁸⁰ compare Old Iranian bali, tribute, Old Persian * bari, payment in kind, so (in Babylonian bara) Mey^{G.d.Altert.iii.88} Scheft^{MGWJ 47 (1903), 316} Buhl^{14 'vielleicht'}); — absolute ‎מִנְדְּה‎ ‎וַהֲלָח‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezra 4:13; Ezra 4:20; Ezra 7:24.

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