Lexical Definition

‎בָּלַק‎ bâlaq (baw-lak') to waste ^H:V
a primitive root

(make) waste.

• to annihilate

1) to waste, lay waste, devastate
1a) (Poel) to make waste
1b) (Pual) devastated (participle)

See Greek: ἐρημόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּלַק‎] verb waste, lay waste (Assyrian balâ‡u, Pi`el destroy, Lyon^{Sargon 61}; compare Arabic a desert) —

Po`el Participle without ‎מ‎, suffix ‎בּוֺלְקָהּ‎ Isa 24:1 (|| ‎בּוֺקֵק‎, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, object ‎הארץ‎); — on form (which might also be Qal Participle) compare Ol<sup>§ 254</sup> Lag<sup>GN 1882, 403</sup>; also ‎בקק‎ Po. Jer 51:2, and intensive use of Infinitive absolute Niph`al Isa 24:3 further Punic (i.e. intensive) Participle Nah 2:11* (this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance). Pu`al Participle ‎מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה‎ Nah 2:11* (‎׳‎‎בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה ומב‎), devastated, or as substantive a devastated city.

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