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# בָּלֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1087

**worn out** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

worn out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1087/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּלֶה: adj. worn out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1087/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. worn out; f. בָּלָה Ez 23:43 (of a woman, cf. Gn 18:12 supr.); pl. בָּלִים Jos 9:4 (sacks), v 4 (wine-skins), בָּלוֹת v 5 (sandals), v 5 (garments).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: worn out (5).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 23:43](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.43/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.43/#tree)

וָאֹמַ֕ר לַבָּלָ֖ה נִֽאוּפִ֑ים עַתָּ֛ה יִזְנ֥וּ תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָהִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and I.said of the.\[woman\] worn.out adulteri(es) now they.will.act.as.a.prostitutes prostitution(s) her and she

*JPS 1917:* Then said I of her that was worn out by adulteries: Still they commit harlotries with her, even her.

[Joshua 9:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.5/#tree)

וּנְעָל֨וֹת בָּל֤וֹת וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת֙ בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׂלָמ֥וֹת בָּל֖וֹת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְכֹל֙ לֶ֣חֶם צֵידָ֔ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה נִקֻּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and sandals worn.out and patched \[were\].on feet their and garments worn.out \[were\].on them and all the.bread their.sustenance their it.was.dried.up it.was crumbs

*JPS 1917:* and worn shoes and clouted upon their feet, and worn garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become crumbs.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1087.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1087/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).