Genesis 14:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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 joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

way-yēṣēʾ melek-səḏōm û-melek ʿămōrāh û-melek ʾaḏmāh û-melek ṣəḇôyîm û-melek belaʿ hîʾ-ṣōʿar way-yaʿarḵû ʾittām milḥāmāh bə-ʿēmeq haś-śiddîm

Grammar Details

*way-yēṣēʾ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and went out
*melek*: construct state noun, masculine singular - king of
*səḏōm*: proper noun, place name (Sodom)
*û-melek*: conjunction + construct state noun - and king of
*ʿămōrāh*: proper noun, place name (Gomorrah)
*ʾaḏmāh*: proper noun, place name (Admah)
*ṣəḇôyîm*: proper noun, place name (Zeboiim)
*belaʿ*: proper noun, place name (Bela)
*hîʾ*: pronoun, 3rd feminine singular - it/she
*ṣōʿar*: proper noun, place name (Zoar)
*way-yaʿarḵû*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural - and they arranged/set in order
*ʾittām*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with them
*milḥāmāh*: common noun, feminine singular - battle/war
*bə-ʿēmeq*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular, construct - in valley of
*haś-śiddîm*: definite article + proper noun - the Siddim

Word Meanings

*way-yēṣēʾ*: went out/came forth
*way-yaʿarḵû* *ʾittām* *milḥāmāh*: set battle array against them/prepared for battle with them

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:10 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Gen 19:20 : 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither,( is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Gen 19:22 : 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Gen 14:2-3 : 2 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. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Gen 14:10 : 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

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