Bala' et haglula hamara (בלע את הגלולה המרה) means bitter pill to swallow in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בָּלַע אֶת הַגְּלוּלָה הַמָּרָה
bala' et haglula hamara
verb
In English
bitter pill to swallow
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Bala' et haglula hamara.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1נאלץ לסבול או לעשות דבר־מה בלית ברירה.
The word Bala' et haglula hamara is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- בָּלַע אֶת הַגְּלוּלָה הַמָּרָה
- Written without vowel points
- בלע את הגלולה המרה
- Said
- bala' et haglula hamara
- Plural
- בָּלְעוּ אֶת הַגְּלוּלָה הַמָּרָה
- Feminine form
- בָּלְעָה אֶת הַגְּלוּלָה הַמָּרָה
- Inflections
- נ' בָּלְעָה אֶת הַגְּלוּלָה הַמָּרָה, ר' בָּלְעוּ אֶת הַגְּלוּלָה הַמָּרָה
- Gematria
- 832
This is how Bala' et haglula hamara is said in other languages.
- English
- bitter pill to swallow
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What does Bala' et haglula hamara (בלע את הגלולה המרה) mean in Hebrew?
Bala' et haglula hamara (בלע את הגלולה המרה) means bitter pill to swallow. It is said bala' et haglula hamara, with the stress on la'.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בלע גלולה מרה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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