Lexical Definition

‎בָּלַל‎ bâlal (baw-lal') to mix ^H:V
a primitive root; (also denominatively from ‎בְּלִיל‎) to fodder

anoint, confound, [idiom] fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper.

• to overflow (specifically with oil.)
• by implication, to mix
• to fodder

1) to mix, mingle, confuse, confound
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to mingle, confuse
1a2) to mix
1a3) to give provender, feed (animals)
1b) (Hithpoel) to mix oneself (among others)
1c) (Hiphil) to fade away

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎בָּלַל‎ verb mingle, mix, confuse, confound (Arabic moisten (with water), compare moisture, Assyrian balâlu, Dl^{Pr 70}; compare Phoenician ‎בלל‎ name of a sacrifice, & Late Hebrew ‎בִּלְבֵּל‎; Aramaic ‎בַּלְבֵּל‎, ) —

Qal Perfect ‎בָּלַל‎ Gen 11:9, ‎ַ™בּלֹּתִָּֽי‎ Ps 92:11* (but compare below); Imperfect 1 plural ‎נָָֽבְלָה‎ = ‎נָכֹ֫לָּה‎ Gen 11:7, compare Kö^{i. 325}; Participle passive ‎בָּלוּל‎ Exod 29:40 + 3 t., ‎בְּלוּלָה‎ Lev 2:5 + 28 t., ‎בְּלוּלֹת‎ Exod 29:2 + 4 t.; —

1. mingle, confuse (object ‎שָׂפָה‎ = speech, language, q. v.) Gen 11:7; Gen 11:9 (J).

2. mix (cakes or flour, etc. always with oil) technical term of sacrifice, only P (H Lev 23:13), compare Di on Lev 2:4 usually as ‎מנחה‎, ‎׳‎‎בַּשֶּׁמֶן‎ ‎׳‎‎סֹלֶת בּ‎ Exod 29:40; Lev 2:5; Lev 14:10; Lev 14:21; Lev 23:13; Num 7:13; Num 7:19; Num 7:25; Num 7:31; Num 7:37; Num 7:43; Num 7:49; Num 7:55; Num 7:61; Num 7:67; Num 7:73; Num 7:79; Num 8:8; Num 15:4; Num 15:6; Num 15:9; Num 28:5; Num 28:9; Num 28:12 (twice in verse); Num 28:13; Num 28:20; Num 28:28; Num 29:3; Num 23:9; Num 23:14, ‎׳‎‎בשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מנחה ב‎ Lev 7:10 (opposed to ‎חֲרֵבָה‎) Lev 9:4, ‎׳‎‎בשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎חַלּוֺת מַצּוֺת ב‎ Exod 29:2; Lev 7:12 (twice in verse), i.e. made by mixing with oil; ‎סלת‎ ‎׳‎‎בשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎חלות מצות ב‎ Lev 2:4, ‎׳‎‎בשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎סלת חלות ב‎ Num 6:15, i.e. fine flour (in the form) of cakes so made. ‎ַ™בּלֹּתִָּֽי בְּשֶׁמֶן רַעֲנָן‎ Ps 92:11* I shall be (am) anointed with fresh oil AV RV; verb not elsewhere in this sense; ᵐ5 ᵑ9 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 Hos 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`il Hiph`il Imperfect ‎וַנָּ֫בֶל‎ Isa 64:5* and we faded away, but read perhaps ‎וַנִּכֹּל‎ from ‎נבל‎ compare Di (De, less probably, derives from ‎בלל‎ — compare Ew Now Hos 7:8 — or ‎בול‎ = ‎נבל‎).

II. [‎בָּלַל‎] verb denominative to give provender —

Qal Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֑בָל‎ Judg 19:21 Qr (Kt ‎ויבול‎) followed by ‎לְ‎ give provender to the asses.

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