be.lo denotes an imposed payment, described as given to rulers or withheld from them.

The attested use concerns an imposed payment in relation to ruling authority: it may be withheld from kings, given to them, or barred from being imposed on specified temple personnel.

1. Payment owed to ruling authorities · dominant

   All three occurrences show the same absolute singular noun in clauses about payment and authority. In Ezra 4:13 the APB renders a warning that the rebuilt city will not give "tribute, poll tax, and custom"; in Ezra 4:20 it renders these payments as given to kings; and in Ezra 7:24 it renders "tax, tribute, or toll" as not authorized to be imposed on named temple personnel.

   Ezra 4:13Ezra 4:20Ezra 7:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term within payment lists: "tribute, poll tax, and custom" in Ezra 4:13 and Ezra 4:20, and "tax, tribute, or toll" in Ezra 7:24. These lists confirm the clauses' payment setting without isolating every English item to this term.