Lexical Definition

‎אַמְרָפֶל‎ ʼAmrâphel (am-raw-fel') Amraphel ^N:N-M-P
of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation

Amraphel.

• § Amraphel = "sayer of darkness: fall of the sayer"
• Amraphel, a king of Shinar

1) the king of Shinar (Babylon) (perhaps Hammurabi c 2100 BC)

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַמְרָפֶל‎ proper name, masculine king of Shinar Gen 14:1; Gen 14:9(probably = ‎חמרבי‎, –ammurabi of Babylon, who reigned approximately , compare Schr^{SBA 1887, xxxi (June 23)} COT^{ii. 296 f.} Dl in De^{Gen 1887, Excursus}).

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Male • Mesopotamian king • King of Shinar, ally of Chedorlaomer

King living at the time of the Patriarchs

Amraphel, king of Shinar, was one of the four kings who joined forces with Chedorlaomer in the battle against the five kings of the Plain.

• A king in Mesopotamia living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1;
• only referred to as Amraphel אַמְרָפֶל.

Amraphel was the king of Shinar (Babylonia) during the time of Abraham. He was one of the four kings who formed an alliance with Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, in a battle against the five kings of the cities of the Plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah. The four kings, led by Chedorlaomer, emerged victorious in this conflict. Some scholars have suggested that Amraphel might be an alternate name for Hammurabi, the famous Babylonian king, but this identification remains uncertain.

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