2991

yivlᵊʿām יִבְלְעָם ‘Ibleam’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bālaʿ בָּלַע ‘to swallow up’ and ʿam עַם ‘people / kinsman’
Roots: בלע עם

yivlᵊʿām pr n loc
Ibleam = "devouring the people"
1) a city of Manasseh apparently located in the territory of either Issachar or Asher

Mentioned in Joshua 17:11 Judges 1:27 2 Kings 9:27

2014 — 2024 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Implemented as part of the research project at the ENS by M.Seveleu-Dubrovnik, PhD.
About | Listen audio | In other languages: .