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Root b-l-ʿ

Hebrew ↔ Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —b-l-ʿ↔ b-l-ʿ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Hebrew

he
root: b-l-ʿ
  • בִּלֵּעַbiléa'verbT Gen.14.2
    to destroy, wipe out
  • הִבְלִיעַhivlíaverb
    to insinuate, hint; to allude to
  • בָּלַעbaláverbT Gen.14.2
    to swallow
  • בִּלֵּעַbiléa'verbT Gen.14.2
    defective spelling of בילע

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: b-l-ʿ
  • בְּלַעbəlaˁverb• tg. Onk. Gen 36:32
    to swallow
  • בלעאnoun
    swallowing
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Canonical root family: b-l-ʿ