bālaʿ בָּלַע ‘to swallow up’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

bālaʿ v
1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to swallow down
  1a2) to swallow up, engulf
 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up
 1c) (Piel)
  1c1) to swallow
  1c2) to swallow up, engulf
  1c3) squandering (fig.)
 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up
 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended