ba.lah denotes causing distress that hinders Judah's building effort in Ezra 4:4.

The attested use describes actively causing distress to Judah's people in connection with obstructing their building work.

1. Causing distress that hinders building · dominant

   In Ezra 4:4, the masculine plural active participle occurs of the people of the land as they act against the people of Judah; the APB renders the clause, "troubled and dismayed them from building."

   Ezra 4:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 4:4, the APB presents the hostile action with "troubled and dismayed them from building." The lemma's exact contribution cannot be isolated beyond the clause's depiction of distress and obstruction.