Lexical Definition

‎בֶּלַע‎ Belaʻ (beh'-lah) Bela ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎בֶּלַע‎

Bela.

• § Bela = "destruction"
• Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites

n pr m
1) a king of Edom
2) first son of Benjamin
3) a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite
n pr loc
4) one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar

Extended Information

name of: צֹעַר

• Bela = "destruction"
• one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar
• Another name of tso.ar (‎צ‎ֹ֫‎ע‎ַ‎ר‎ "Zoar" צֹעַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎בֶּ֫לַע‎

proper name, masculine 1. ‎בֶּלַע‎ Gen 36:32 = 1Chr 1:43 ‎בָּ֑לַע‎ Gen 36:33 = 1Chr 1:44 a king of Edom, ‎בן בעור‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ (compare ‎בִּלְעָם‎ & Di Gen 36:32).

2. ‎בֶּלַע‎ 1st son of Benjamin Gen 46:21; Num 26:38; Num 26:40; 1Chr 7:6; 1Chr 7:7; 1Chr 8:1; 1Chr 8:3 (‎בָּ֑לַע‎).

3. ‎בֶּלַע‎ a Reubenite 1Chr 5:8.

III. ‎בֶּ֫לַע‎ proper name, of a location city = ‎צֹעַר‎ q. v. Gen 14:2; Gen 14:8. ‎בִּלְעֲדֵי‎ see below ‎בלה‎.

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