בָּלַע (b. h.; √בל , v. בלל) to absorb, opp. פלט; to swallow, consume. Y. Shek. VI, 49ᶜ bot.… שהאור בּוֹלֵעַ בּוֹלַעַת … בּוֹלְעִין the flame absorbs a portion of the oil, and so do the wood and the kettle. Ḥull. 110ᵇ the liver when boiled with other meat פולטת ואינה ב׳ gives out (blood) but absorbs nothing from the other pieces. Y. Sabb. XIV, 14ᵈ top; Tosef. Sabb. XII (XIII), 9 but he may sip vinegar ובוֹלֵעַ and swallow it (opp. פלט to spit it out). Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᵇ bot. הלעוס כבָלוּעַ what is chewed is to be considered as swallowed. Ḥull. 71ᵃ טומאה בְלוּעָה an unclean object (food) that has been swallowed.—Snh. 110ᵃ הַבְּלוּעִין those (of the band of Korah) that were swallowed up. Kel. IX, 6, v. דָּֽרְבָן; a. fr.
    Nif. - נִבְלַע to be swallowed; with בין, to be absorbed, disappear. Sot. 36ᵇ; Tanḥ. Vayigg. 4; Yalk. Gen. 150 (interpret. the name Bela, Gen. XLVI, 21) שנ׳ בין האומות for he (Joseph) has disappeared among gentiles. Gen. R. s. 94; Yalk. l. c. שנבלע ממני he disappeared to me.
    Hif. - הִבְלִיעַ to cause swallowing, to make absorb. Ex. R. s. 33 הִבְלַעְתָּ לקרה thou mad’st (the earth) swallow Korah. Ber. 24ᵇ מַבְלִיעוֹ בטליתו he hides the spittle in his cloak; Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵇ top. Ḥull. 113ᵃ מַבְ׳ דם באברים causes the blood to remain in the meat (prevents it from flowing out).—Trnsf. to sell something in connection with other things, in a lump, in the bargain. Bekh. 31ᵇ מבליעו וכ׳ he sells it (the meat) in the bargain with the hide &c. B. Mets. 64ᵃ; B. Kam. 118ᵇ one who robs his neighbor וה׳ לו בחשבון and makes up for it implicitly on settling his accounts. V. הַבְלָעָה.
    Hof. - הוּבְלַע to be swallowed up; to mingle with, v. supra Nif.—Part. מוּבְלַע. Ber. 31ᵇ מ׳ בין אנשים mixing with people, expl. לא ארוך וכ׳ neither very tall &c. (of average qualities). Erub. IV, 6 מ׳ ביניהן his property is enclosed between theirs (reaches into the limits of each). Y. ib. IV, 21ᵈ bot. עיירות המוּבְלָעוֹת inland-towns, opp. border-towns. Y. B. Bath. VII, 15ᶜᵈ מוּבְלָעִין בה fields which are enclosed by others belonging to the same estate.
    Hithpa. - הִתְבַּלֵעַ to be swallowed up, to disappear. Midr. Till. to Ps. XIX, beg. מִתְבַּלֵּעַ מן וכ׳ he disappears from the world (forfeits his life).