H1098 H1098
fodder, mixed feed for livestock; grain and hay blended for animals
Fodder or mixed animal feed, a blend of grain and forage. Job uses the term twice in rhetorical questions: 'Does the wild donkey bray over his grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?' (Job 6:5)—implying that complaint without cause is unnatural. Later, 'they gather their fodder in the field' (Job 24:6), describing the desperate poor scavenging for animal feed. Isaiah prophesies abundance: oxen and donkeys will eat 'salted fodder' (Isaiah 30:24), suggesting high-quality mixed feed. The Aramaic cognate and Arabic parallels confirm the meaning as moist, mixed provender.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Mixed feed for cattle and donkeys, combining grain and forage. Job asks whether animals complain when they have fodder (Job 6:5) and describes the poor harvesting 'belil' from fields (Job 24:6). Isaiah envisions a time when working animals will eat 'seasoned fodder' (Isaiah 30:24), indicating agricultural prosperity. The term implies prepared, mixed feed rather than simple grazing. 3×
AR["عَلَفًا", "عَلَفَهُ", "عَلَفِهِ"]·ben["তার-খাদ্যের", "তার-মিশ্রিত-খাদ্য", "মিশ্রিত-খাদ্য"]·DE["[בליל]", "[בלילו]"]·EN["fodder", "his-fodder", "its-fodder"]·FR["[בליל]", "son-בלילו-lui"]·heb["בליל", "בלילו"]·HI["अपने-चारे", "उसका-चारा", "चारा"]·ID["makanan-campuran", "makanan-ternaknya", "makanannya"]·IT["[בליל]", "its-fodder-suo", "suo-fodder-suo"]·jav["pakan-ingkang-dipun-campur", "pakan-ipun", "pakananipun"]·KO["그의-사료를", "그의-여물", "소금-친"]·PT["forragem", "forragem-dele", "sua-forragem"]·RU["корм-его", "кормом-своим", "фураж-"]·ES["forraje", "su-forraje"]·SW["chakula-chake", "chakula-kilichochanganywa", "malisho-yake"]·TR["yemi", "yemini", "yeminin"]·urd["دانہ", "چارہ-اُس-کا", "چارے-پر"]
Related Senses
H8081 1. oil (substance) (180×)H3196 1. wine (fermented grape juice) (141×)H1706 1. honey (54×)H4682 1. unleavened bread/cakes (53×)H2461 1. milk (42×)H8492 1. new wine / must (38×)H0400 1. food, nourishment (36×)G3631 1. wine (34×)H3978 1. food, nourishment (30×)H1314 1. spice / perfume / balsam (29×)H7416 1. pomegranate (fruit/ornament) (28×)H3323 1. fresh oil, olive oil (23×)H2964 1. prey, torn flesh (19×)H3899 2. food, sustenance (19×)G1033 1. food (17×)G5160 1. food (16×)H5561 1. spices, aromatic substances (16×)H0402 1. food, nourishment (14×)G2219 1. leaven (13×)H4478a 1. manna (13×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּלִיל n.m. Is 30:24 fodder (Aramaic ܒܠܝܺܠ; cf. Arabic بُلَّةٌ moisture of fresh pasture)—בְּלִיל Is 30:24; sf. בְּלִילוֹ Jb 6:5; 24:6—fodder (strictly, mixed fodder, farrago) Jb 6:5; as growing in field 24:6 cf. Is 30:24.