balal · confuse, mix

What it means

balal (בָּלַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “confuse, mix”.

Mix, mingle; confuse.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To blend, like flour with oil.
2. To mix up people's speech so that they cannot understand one another.
3. Another word spelled the same: to feed animals.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• mixed ×38
• I have been anointed ×1
• confuse ×1
• confused ×1
• gave fodder ×1
• mixes himself ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×2
• Leviticus×9
• Numbers×27
• Judges×1
• Psalms×1
• Hosea×1

• Genesis 11:7

  Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that no one will understand the language of his neighbor.”

• Genesis 11:9

  That is why its name was called Babel, because there YHWH confused the language of all the earth, and from there YHWH scattered them over the face of all the earth.

• Exodus 29:2

  and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil; of fine wheat flour you shall make them.

• Exodus 29:40

  And a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of beaten oil, and a libation of a quarter of a hin of wine, for the one lamb.

• Leviticus 2:4

  When you present a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.

• Leviticus 2:5

  And if your offering is a grain offering on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, mixed with oil, unleavened.

• Leviticus 7:10

  And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, each one like his brother.

• Leviticus 7:12

  If he presents it for thanksgiving, then he shall present, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and fine flour well mixed, cakes mixed with oil.

• Leviticus 9:4

  and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before YHWH, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today YHWH will appear to you.’”

• Leviticus 14:10

  On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, and one ewe lamb a year old without defect, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

• Leviticus 14:21

  But if he is poor and his means do not reach, he shall take one lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make expiation for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

• Leviticus 23:13

  and its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, a fire offering to YHWH, a pleasing aroma; and its libation of wine, a fourth of a hin.

• Numbers 6:15

  and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their libations.

• Numbers 7:13

  And his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:19

  He presented his offering: one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:25

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:31

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:37

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:43

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:49

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:55

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:61

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:67

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:73

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 7:79

  His offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

• Numbers 8:8

  Then they shall take a young bull and its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and you shall take a second young bull as a sin offering.

• Numbers 15:4

  the one who presents his offering to YHWH shall present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil;

• Numbers 15:6

  Or for a ram you shall offer a grain offering of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil;

• Numbers 15:9

  one shall present with the young bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil;

• Numbers 28:5

  and a tenth of the ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a quarter of a hin of beaten oil.

• Numbers 28:9

  On the day of the Sabbath: two lambs a year old, without defect, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its libation.

• Numbers 28:12

  and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenths of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the ram;

• Numbers 28:13

  and a tenth each of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each lamb; a burnt offering of pleasing aroma, a fire offering to YHWH.

• Numbers 28:20

  Their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for a bull and two tenths for the ram you shall offer;

• Numbers 28:28

  and their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for each bull, two tenths for the ram,

• Numbers 29:3

  and their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the ram,

• Numbers 29:9

  and their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the one ram,

• Numbers 29:14

  and their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for each bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each ram of the two rams,

• Judges 19:21

  So he brought him into his house and gave fodder to the donkeys; and they washed their feet and ate and drank.

• Psalms 92:10

  But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.

And 3 more times.