بلعم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of swallowing and the anatomical structures involved in eating, such as the throat and esophagus. It also extends to descriptions of excessive eating and, metaphorically, to individuals who are greedy or oppressive.

Derived headwords

البَلْعَمnoun

1.
throat/esophagusboth
The passage for food in the throat, which is the esophagus.
2.
greedy personclassical
A man who eats a lot and swallows food intensely. The 'mim' is considered extra.
3.
swelling/growthclassical
The white part on a donkey's lip at the edge of its mouth.

البُلْعُومnoun

1.
esophagusboth
The passage for food in the throat, which is the esophagus.
2.
wide throat (metaphor)classical
Used metaphorically to describe someone who is oppressive, wasteful of wealth, and sheds blood.
3.
water channelclassical
A channel in a rocky area that goes into the ground.

بلعمverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow food.

البلعمةnoun

1.
swallowingboth
The act of swallowing.

بلعمname

1.
Balam (name)classical
A man's name, mentioned by Ibn Duraid, who doubted its Arabic origin.

Parallel reading

البلعم والبلعوم: مجرى الطعام في الحلق وهو المريء.

Al-bal'am and al-bul'um: the passage of food in the throat, which is the esophagus.

لا يذهب أمر هذه الأمة إلا على رجل واسع السرم ضخم البلعوم ؛ يريد على رجل شديد عسوف أو مسرف في الأموال والدماء، فوصفه بسعة المدخل والمخرج

The affair of this nation will not pass except through a man with a wide anus and a large esophagus; meaning, a man who is severely oppressive or extravagant in wealth and blood, so he described him by the wideness of the entrance and exit.

حفظت من رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ما لو بثثته فيكم لقطع هذا البلعوم.

I have memorized from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, that if I were to spread it among you, it would sever this esophagus.

بلعم اللقمة: أكلها.

To swallow the morsel: to eat it.

والبلعوم: البياض الذي في جحفلة الحمار في طرف الفم

And al-bul'um: the whiteness on the donkey's lip at the edge of its mouth.

بيض البلاعيم أمثال الخواتيم

White 'balaa'im' like signet rings.

والبلعمة: الإبتلاع.

And al-bal'amah: the swallowing.

والبلعم: الرجل الكثير الأكل الشديد البلع للطعام، والميم زائدة.

And al-bal'am: the man who eats a lot and swallows food intensely, and the 'mim' is extra.

وبلعم: اسم رجل؛ حكاه ابن دريد، قال: ولا أحسبه عربيا.

And Balam: a man's name; narrated by Ibn Duraid, who said: I do not think it is Arabic.