bu'-la (be`ulah "married"): A name symbolically applied to Israel: "Thy land (shall be called) Beulah.... thy land shall be married..... so shall thy sons marry thee" (Isa 62:4f). In this figure, frequently used since Hosea, the prophet wishes to express the future prosperity of Israel. The land once desolate shall again be populated.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.