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Ba-Lam-Ayn
swallow (without chewing), gulp, voracious or great eater
Grayness.
Hole of perforation in the midst of a house, into which rainwater or just water descends
A well cased with stones or baked bricks.
bala'a
vb. (1) impv.
11:44
وَقِيلَ يَاأَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَاسَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ وَقُضِيَ الأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ وَقِيلَ بُعْدا ً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
Wa Qīla Yā 'ArĐu Abla`ī Mā'aki Wa Yā Samā'u 'Aqli`ī Wa GhīĐa Al-Mā'u Wa QuĐiya Al-'Amru Wa Astawat `Alá Al-Jūdīyi Wa Qīla Bu`dāan Lilqawmi Až-žālimīna
And it was said: "O land, swallow your water, and O sky, cease." And the water was diminished, and the matter concluded. And it came to rest on the Judi, and it was said: "Away with the wicked people."
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