belaʿ בֶּ֫לַע ‘Bela’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
the same as velaʿ בֶ֫לַע ‘swallowing’
Roots:
בלע
Variants: בֶּ֫לַע, בֶּ֫לַע
belaʿ Apr n m pers Bpr n loc
ABela = "destruction"
n pr m
1) a king of Edom
2) first son of Benjamin
3) a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite
BBela = "destruction"
n pr loc
1) one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar