בָּלַקbâlaq

waste, lay waste

Pronunciation: baw-lak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1110

Meanings

Pu`al: devastated (Nahum 2:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 24:1 Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.
  • Nahum 2:10 Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined. Hearts melt and knees shake. The people stand aghast, their faces pale and trembling.

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).