If you ever get an opportunity to serve on a jury, it is a humbling and interesting experience. Don't be offended if you get excused during the Vior dire, it's just part of the process for an impartial jury. I had a rare opportunity to be on a jury, but even more rare was being selected as an alternate. One of my co-workers asked me if I was going to blog about it after the verdict was said and done, and I thought about it, and now I feel it is the right time to talk about it.
bal. 1  first-person singular present indicative of ballen. 2  imperative of ballen.
The word belial comes from the root-verb ××× (bala), meaning to become old, worn out: Abarim Publications Theological Dictionary. ×××There are two roots of the form ××× (bala), and although these two are formally completely separate, they both express a decisively negative state of behavior.