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Genesis 14:2

they have made a war אֶת-Builder-of-Ruined-one511 king of Sodom, and אֶת-Iniquitous512 king of Gomorrah, Altered Father513 king of Red-one,514 and Name-Wing515 king of Gazelles,516 and the king of Swallowed517 (herself518 is Little).

Footnote:

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