בְּלָא bᵉlâʼ — to afflict
Translated in the KJV as wear out.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H1086 (but used only in a mental sense); to afflict.
bᵉlâʼ in each stem
Pa'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יְבַלֵּ֑א Dan 7:25 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
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 ›