# Be-Lam-Ayn — بلع (blE)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/blE

- **Meaning:** To swallow, to vacuum, to gobble up, to sweep away, to digest, to absorb, to fill up to the throat
- **Derived forms:** ٱبْلَعِ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** ٱبْلَعِى — ib'laʿī · "Swallow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, feminine, singular · imperative mood

وَق۪يلَ يَٓا اَرْضُ ابْلَع۪ي مَٓاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَٓاءُ اَقْلِع۪ي وَغ۪يضَ الْمَٓاءُ وَقُضِيَ الْاَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ وَق۪يلَ بُعْداً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Waqeela ya ardu iblaAAee maakiwaya samao aqliAAee wagheeda almaowaqudiya al-amru wastawat AAala aljoodiyyiwaqeela buAAdan lilqawmi aththalimeen

And it was said: “O earth: swallow thou thy water,” and: “O sky: desist thou,” and the water subsided and the matter was concluded. And it came to rest upon Al-Jūdī. And it was said: “Away with the wrongdoing people!”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-44.md_

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