בָּלָהbâlâh
become old and worn out
Pronunciation: baw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1086
Meanings
Qal: wear out (Deuteronomy 8:4; Deuteronomy 29:4; Job 13:28)
Pi`el: causative of Qal
a. wear out (Lamentations 3:4; Psalms 49:15; 1 Chronicles 17:9)
b. wear out by use, use to the full (Isaiah 65:22; Job 21:13; Exodus 5:13)
Same root
- בַּלbal · H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- בְּלָאbᵉlâʼ · H1080to afflict
- בָּלֶהbâleh · H1087worn out
- בְּלוֹbᵉlôw · H1093excise (on articles consumed)
- בְּלוֹאbᵉlôwʼ · H1094(only in plural construction) rags
- בְּלִיbᵉlîy · H1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
- בִּלְתִּיbiltîy · H1115properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
- תַּבְלִיתtablîyth · H8399consumption
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”
- Deuteronomy 8:4 For all these forty years your clothes didn’t wear out, and your feet didn’t blister or swell.
- Deuteronomy 29:5 For forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- Joshua 9:13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won’t oppress them as they’ve done in the past,
- Nehemiah 9:21 For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell!
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).