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Genesis 14:2 — King James Version← Study notes

That these 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.


Genesis 14:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 14:221 words
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
מִלְחָמָהmiləḥāmāhBattle
אֶתʾetNearness
בֶּרַעberaʿBera
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וְאֶתwəʾetAnd nearness
בִּרְשַׁעbirəšaʿBirsha
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
עֲמֹרָהʿămōrāhAmorah
שִׁנְאָבšinəʾāvShinab
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
אַדְמָהʾadəmāhAdmah
וְשֶׁמְאֵבֶרwəšeməʾēverAnd Shemeber
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
צבייםṣvyymTseboim
צְבוֹיִיםṣəvwōyîmTseboim
וּמֶלֶךְûmeleḵəAnd king
בֶּלַעbelaʿBela
הִיאhîʾHe
צֹעַרṣōʿarTsoar
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
מִלְחָמָהmiləḥāmāhBattle
אֶתʾetNearness
בֶּרַעberaʿBera
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וְאֶתwəʾetAnd nearness
בִּרְשַׁעbirəšaʿBirsha
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
עֲמֹרָהʿămōrāhAmorah
שִׁנְאָבšinəʾāvShinab
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
אַדְמָהʾadəmāhAdmah
וְשֶׁמְאֵבֶרwəšeməʾēverAnd Shemeber
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
צבייםṣvyymTseboim
צְבוֹיִיםṣəvwōyîmTseboim
וּמֶלֶךְûmeleḵəAnd king
בֶּלַעbelaʿBela
הִיאhîʾHe
צֹעַרṣōʿarTsoar

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