בָּלַק bâlaq — to annihilate

pronounced baw-lak' · Strong's H1110 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as waste.

a primitive root; to annihilate.

bâlaq in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

וּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּ Isa 24:1 Participle (active), masculine singular

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. (KJV)

Pu'al 1×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑ה Nah 2:11 Participle (passive), feminine singular

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid? (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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