בָּלַגbâlag
gleam, smile
Pronunciation: baw-lag' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1082
Meanings
Hiph`il
1. shew a smile, look cheerful (Psalms 39:14; Job 9:27; Job 10:20)
2. cause to burst, flash (Amos 5:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Job 9:27 If I decided to forget my complaints, to put away my sad face and be cheerful,
- Job 10:20 I have only a few days left, so leave me alone, that I may have a moment of comfort
- Psalms 39:13 Leave me alone so I can smile again before I am gone and exist no more.
- Amos 5:9 With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong, crushing all their defenses.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).