Genesis 14:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ חָֽבְר֔וּ אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק הַשִּׂדִּ֑ים ה֖וּא יָ֥ם הַמֶּֽלַח׃

Transliteration

kol-ʾēlleh ḥāḇərû ʾel-ʿēmeq haś-śiddîm hûʾ yām ham-melaḥ

Grammar Details

*kol*: construct state, totality - all of
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*ḥāḇərû*: perfect, 3rd plural - joined/allied together
*ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
*ʿēmeq*: common noun, masculine singular, construct - valley of
*haś-śiddîm*: definite article + common noun - the Siddim
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - it/he
*yām*: common noun, masculine singular, construct - sea of
*ham-melaḥ*: definite article + common noun - the salt

Word Meanings

*ḥāḇərû*: joined/allied together/united/assembled
*ʿēmeq haś-śiddîm*: Valley of Siddim/Vale of fields
*yām ham-melaḥ*: Salt Sea/Dead Sea

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Referenced Verses

Num 34:12 : 12 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
Deut 3:17 : 17 the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
Josh 3:16 : 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Gen 19:24 : 24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

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