בָּלָה

Qal Perfect בָּ˜לְתָה 5 Mos 8,4, בָּלוּ 5 Mos 29,4 +; Imperfect יִבְלֶה Job 13,28 etc.; Infinitive with suffix בְּלֹתִי 1 Mos 18,12 — wear out (intransitive), especially of garments 5 Mos 8,4; 5 Mos 29,4 (twice in verse), all with מֵעַל pregnantly wear out (and fall) from upon... (hence Neh 9,21), Jos 9,13 figurative of the heavens (with simile of garment) Es 50,9; Sl 102,27 כַּבֶּגֶד יִבְלוּ, the earth Es 51,6 כַּבֶּגֶד תִּבְלֶה; the bones (through suffering) Sl 32,3 afflicted man Job 13,28 וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה (|| כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֺ עָשׁ); of an aged and decrepit woman 1 Mos 18,12 (J) אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי after I am worn out. Pi`el causative of Qal.
\ \ a. wear out (transitive), figurative Klg 3,4 בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעוֺרִי, Sl 49,15 and their form לְבַלּוֺת שְּׁאוֺל is for Sh®°ôl to consume away (others read לִבְלוֺת is for wasting away [Dr^{§ 204}], connecting ׳שׁ with following), 1 Kron 17,9 לְבַלֹּתוֺ to wear it (Israel) out (altered from לְעַנּוֺתוֺ 2 Sam 7,10), compare Dan 7,25 Aramaic
\ \ b. wear out by use, use to the full, Es 65,22 and the work of their hands יְבַלּוּ they shall use to the full, enjoy, Job 21,13 they wear out their days in prosperity (Qr here יְכַלּוּ complete, which perhaps is the true reading in both passages; compare 2 Mos 5,13; Job 36,11). — On ַ™בּלּוֺתֹּי Sl 92,11, see below בָּלַל.