Inf. abs.
Niph.
Is 24:3
; further Pu. (i.e. intens.)
Pt.
Na 2:11
(this however perhaps largely influenced by assonance).
Pu.
Pt.
מְבֻלָּקָ˜ה
Na 2:11
(
בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה ומב׳
),
devastated
, or as
subst.
a devastated city
.
בָּלָק
S
1111
GK
1192
n.pr.m.
(
devastator
)
king of Moab,
בּ׳ בֶּן צִפֹּור
Nu 22:2
,
4
,
7
+
37 times
Nu 22–24
(all JE)
+
Jos 24:9
(
E
)
Ju 11:25 Mi 6:
5.
בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר
, בֵּלְאשַׁצַּר
S
1112, 1113
GK
1157
v.
בֵּל
sub בעל
.
•
בִּלְשָׁן
S
1114
GK
1193
n.pr.m.
(
=
inquirer
?
NH
& Aramaic
בלשׁ
; cf. sub בן
)
an Israelite who returned with Zerubbabel
Ezr 2:2
=
Ne 7:
7.
[ בֵּ˜לֶת S 1115 TWOT 246i GK 1194 ], בִּלְתִּי S 1115 TWOT 246i GK 1194 v. sub
בלה .• בָּמָה S 1116, 1117, 1181 TWOT 253 GK 1195, 1196104 n.f. high place ( √ appar. בום on account of firm— ָ ; cf. Assyrian bâmâte Zim BP 48, Moab. במת Mi 3:27 ) — Je 48:35 + 18 times; הַבָּמָ˜תָה 1 S 9:13 pl. בָּמֹות Nu 21:19 + 62 times; cstr. בָּֽמֳתֵי Jb 9:8 Is 14:14 Am 4:1 3; בָֽמֳו˜תֵי Dt 32:13 Is 58:14 Mi 1:3 ( Ew § 211 d Ges § 87, 5 archaic fem. cstr. with retracted accent before monosyl. in poetry, bâmŏ-thê not bŏm ); sf. בָּמֹתַי 2 S 22:34 + 3 times; בָּמֹותַי ψ 18:34 + 10 times;— 1. high place, mountain: בָּמֹות יָעַר forest mountains Mi 3:12 = Je 26:1 8; במות עולם ancient mountains Ez 36: 2; במות ארנן Nu 21:28 ( E poet.) 2. high places, battle-fields , the chief places of the land giving possession, victory, dominion: על במותיך on thy high places (Gilboa, the battle-field) 2 S 1:19 , 25 (in v 19 Ö has a doublet מֵתָיךָ thy dead , v. We D r). a. of Israel: ארץ רכב על במתי ride upon the high places of the land Dt 32:13 & Is 58:14 cf. Dt 33:29 ψ 18:34 = 2 S 22:3 4, Hb 3:19 . b. of God: דרך על במתי ארץ tread upon the high places of the earth Am 4:13 cf. Mi 1: 3; במתי ים Jb 9: 8; עלה על במתי עב (aspiration of the king of Babylon) Is 14:14 . 3. high places , as places of worship, at first on hills and mountains, later on artificial mounds or platforms, under green trees, and in cities; still later for the chapels erected thereon, and once apparently for a portable sanctuary (decked with diverse colours) Ez 16:16 . The ancient worship of Israel was conducted on these high places. In the times of Samuel and David they ascended to them, descended from them, and offered