H0569

אַמְרָפֶל

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Amraphel

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1 § Amraphel = "sayer of darkness: fall of the sayer" the king of Shinar (Babylon) (perhaps Hammurabi c 2100 BC)

The KJV translates H0569 in the following manner:

Amraphel (4x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אַמְרָפֶל proper name, masculine king of Shinar Gen 14:1; Gen 14:9(probably = חמרבי, –ammurabi of Babylon, who reigned approximately , compare SchrSBA 1887, xxxi (June 23) COTii. 296 f. Dl in DeGen 1887, Excursus).


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