bal.la.hah denotes frightening calamity or dread that surrounds, overtakes, or marks a person's ruin.

The occurrences present bal.la.hah as dread or frightening calamity in scenes where it surrounds a person, overtakes the wicked, or accompanies irreversible destruction. The same use appears in singular and plural forms, including the construct phrase in Job 24:17.

1. Dread in disaster, pursuit, and ruin · dominant

   The plural noun names what surrounds and drives a man in Job 18:11, where the APB renders the clause "Terrors terrify him on every side and drive him headlong to his feet." It also describes forces that overtake or finish people in Job 27:20 and Psalm 73:19, while Ezekiel 26:21 places the plural in a declaration of destruction and disappearance. Isaiah 17:14 uses the singular in the abrupt evening scene that the APB renders "behold, terror; before morning it is nothing."

   Job 18:11Job 27:20Psalm 73:19Ezekiel 26:21Isaiah 17:14Job 24:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses "terrors," "terror," "a source of terror," and "horror" in the surrounding clauses. These are whole-verse presentations of the verses rather than definitions of the lemma.