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בַּלָּהָה

«בַּלָּהָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: terror — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 1091 · BDB: בַּלָּהָה

Glosses

sudden.terror(s) (7); [the].sudden.terror(s) (1); of.sudden.terror(s) (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

terror tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction—בַּלָּהָה Is 17:14; pl. בַּלָּהוֹת Jb 18:11 + 7 times; cstr. בַּלְהוֹת Jb 24:17;— only pl. terrors Jb 18:11; 27:20; 30:15; מֶלֶךְ בּ׳ Jb 18:14 = death, cf. בּ׳ צַלְמָוֶת Jb 24:17. calamity Is 17:14, pl. ψ 73:19; calamity, destruction Ez 26:21; 27:36; 28:19.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «בַּלָּהָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 18:11

סָ֭בִיב בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּה֑וֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃

Word for word: all.around they terrify.him sudden.terror(s) and they scatter.him to feet his

JPS 1917: Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.

Job 24:17

כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו ׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

Word for word: (dm) together [is].morning for them deep.darkness (dm) he.is.acquainted.with [the].sudden.terror(s) of.deep.darkness

JPS 1917: For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

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