Genesis 14:2
They made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, and with Shinab, king of Admah, and with Shemeber king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela, this is Zoar.
Footnotes
| 511 | Strong’s #1298: Bera = ‘builder of ruined-one |
| 512 | Strong’s #1306: Birsha = ‘with iniquity’ |
| 513 | Shinab. Strong’s #8134, Probably from shana and ‘ab; a father has changed, altered, turned; a Canaanite (Humbled) |
| 514 | Strong’s #126: Admah = ‘red earth’ or adamah (#127) ground. |
| 515 | Strong’s #8038: Shemeber = ‘lofty flight’. Apparently from shem and ‘eber; name of pinion, i.e. Illustrious |
| 516 | Strong’s #6636: Zeboim or Zeboiim = ‘gazelles’ |
| 517 | Bela. From Strong’s #1105, bela. Devoured, swallowed, a thing swallowed. Perhaps a reference to another Bel: “And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his mouth, And flow no more toward him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.” Jer. 51:44 YLT. Bel is the contraction of the masculine Ba’al, the great sea monster that swallows Jonah for three days. Bela is feminine, the thing swallowed. “For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Builder of Man be to this revolution.” Luke 11:30 literal |
| 518 | This pronoun הִיא for Zoar/Little changes in verse 8 to the mystery masculine pronoun. |