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Bala

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Also known as: Bilhah

BALAH. - 1. Servant (Heb. Bilhah; Septuagint: Βαλλή) given to Rachel by her father Laban at her marriage. Seeing herself barren, her mistress united her to Jacob "to have children through her." B. had two sons, to whom Rachel, receiving them, gave the names Dan and Naphtali (Gen. 29, 29; 30:3 ff.; 37:2; 46:25).

2. Locality (Heb. Bela') near the Dead Sea. It later changed its name to Zoar (v.), Gen. 14:2.

3. City of southern Judea, assigned to the tribe of Simeon, whose Hebrew name is Ba'dlah (Josh. 15:29; 19:3) or Bilhah (1 Chron. 4:29).

Angelo Penna

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 717.

More by Angelo Penna: Banaia (Heb. Bēnāyāh[ā]) · Bacchide ('Son of Bacchus') · Barabbas (in Aramaic means "son of the father"; spelling uncertain in the Greek text) · Baasa (Hebrew: Ba'āh, 'Bold' or 'Wicked') · Baana (Hebrew: Baʿānāh)

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Penna, Angelo. “Bala.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 717. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bala.

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Penna, Angelo. “Bala.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 717. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bala.

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@incollection{ec2_bala,
  author    = {Penna, Angelo},
  title     = {Bala},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {717},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bala}
}

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