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title: בֶּלַע — Bela · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּלַע (lemma:בֶּלַע), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Bela. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּלַע

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«בֶּלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bela** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:בֶּלַע · **BDB:** בֶּ֫לַע³

### Glosses

of.Bela (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bela [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5bc_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5bc_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city = צֹעַר q.v. Gn 14:2, 8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5bc_5dc_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.2/)

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עָשׂ֣וּ מִלְחָמָ֗ה אֶת־בֶּ֙רַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ סְדֹ֔ם וְאֶת־בִּרְשַׁ֖ע מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמֹרָ֑ה שִׁנְאָ֣ב ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַדְמָ֗ה וְשֶׁמְאֵ֙בֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ צְבוֹיִ֔יםוּמֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּ֖לַע הִיא־צֹֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* they.made war with Bera the.king of.Sodom and with Birsha the.king of.Gomorrah Shinab the.king of.Admah and Shemeber the.king of.Zeboiim and the.king of.Bela that \[is\].Zoar

*JPS 1917:* that 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 — the same is Zoar.

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[Genesis 14:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.8/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֜ם וּמֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמֹרָ֗ה וּמֶ֤לֶךְ אַדְמָה֙ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ צְבוֹיִ֔ם וּמֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּ֖לַע הִוא־צֹ֑עַר וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּ אִתָּם֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה בְּעֵ֖מֶק הַשִּׂדִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out the.king of.Sodom and the.king of.Gomorrah and the.king of.Admah and the.king of.Zeboiim and the.king of.Bela that \[is\].Zoar and they.deployed with them battle in the.valley of.(the) Siddim

*JPS 1917:* And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela — the same is Zoar; and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;

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