H1106B

בֶּ֫לַע

be.laN:N--L

Bela

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" H6820)

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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.

צֹ֫עַר, צ֫וֺעַר proper name, of a location Zoar (understood as insignficance, compare Gen 19:20); — Σηλωρ, ᵐ5^L Σιλωρ, but Gen 13:10; Jer 48:34 Ζογορ(α); on ᵐ5 compare further Lag^{BN 54 f.}: city at southeast end of Dead Sea, צֹעַר Gen 13:10; Gen 14:2; Gen 14:8 (both = בֶּלַע) Deut 34:3; Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34 צוֺעַר Gen 19:22; Gen 19:30 (twice in verse); with ה locative, צֹ֫עֲרָה vGen 19:23 + Jer 48:4 (for ᵑ0 צעוריה), ᵐ5 Ζαλορα, JDMich Ew Gf Gie and others — (compare Buhl^{Geogr. 271. 274} GASm^{Geogr.506 f. 678 (App.)}.

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