בָּלַל

Qal Perfect בָּלַל 1 Mos 11,9, ַ™בּלֹּתִָּֽי Sl 92,11 (but compare below); Imperfect 1 plural נָָֽבְלָה = נָכֹ֫לָּה 1 Mos 11,7, compare Kö^{i. 325}; Participle passive בָּלוּל 2 Mos 29,40 + 3 t., בְּלוּלָה 3 Mos 2,5 + 28 t., בְּלוּלֹת 2 Mos 29,2 + 4 t.; —

1. mingle, confuse (object שָׂפָה = speech, language, q. v.) 1 Mos 11,7; 1 Mos 11,9 (J).

2. mix (cakes or flour, etc. always with oil) technical term of sacrifice, only P (H 3 Mos 23,13), compare Di on 3 Mos 2,4 usually as מנחה, ׳בַּשֶּׁמֶן ׳סֹלֶת בּ 2 Mos 29,40; 3 Mos 2,5; 3 Mos 14,10; 3 Mos 14,21; 3 Mos 23,13; 4 Mos 7,13; 4 Mos 7,19; 4 Mos 7,25; 4 Mos 7,31; 4 Mos 7,37; 4 Mos 7,43; 4 Mos 7,49; 4 Mos 7,55; 4 Mos 7,61; 4 Mos 7,67; 4 Mos 7,73; 4 Mos 7,79; 4 Mos 8,8; 4 Mos 15,4; 4 Mos 15,6; 4 Mos 15,9; 4 Mos 28,5; 4 Mos 28,9; 4 Mos 28,12 (twice in verse); 4 Mos 28,13; 4 Mos 28,20; 4 Mos 28,28; 4 Mos 29,3; 4 Mos 23,9; 4 Mos 23,14, ׳בשׁ ׳מנחה ב 3 Mos 7,10 (opposed to חֲרֵבָה) 3 Mos 9,4, ׳בשׁ ׳חַלּוֺת מַצּוֺת ב 2 Mos 29,2; 3 Mos 7,12 (twice in verse), i.e. made by mixing with oil; סלת ׳בשׁ ׳חלות מצות ב 3 Mos 2,4, ׳בשׁ ׳סלת חלות ב 4 Mos 6,15, i.e. fine flour (in the form) of cakes so made. ַ™בּלֹּתִָּֽי בְּשֶׁמֶן רַעֲנָן Sl 92,11 I shall be (am) anointed with fresh oil AV RV; verb not elsewhere in this sense; ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Hup Che read בְּלֹתִי from בלה, infinitive construct suffix, abstract for concrete, my wasting = my wasting strength, of declining age; Israel under figure of old man; this however is not favoured by context. The passage is therefore doubtful. Hithpo`el Imperfect יִתְבּוֺלָ֑ל Hos 7,8 ׳אפרים בעמים הוא י Ephraim, among the peoples doth he mix himself; but Ew Now derive here from בלל = בלה (or נבל) waste away, compare Hiph`il Hiph`il Imperfect וַנָּ֫בֶל Es 64,5 and we faded away, but read perhaps וַנִּכֹּל from נבל compare Di (De, less probably, derives from בלל — compare Ew Now Hos 7,8 — or בול = נבל).