Genesis 14:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

And in the dayes of Amraphel King of Shinar, Arioch King of Ellasar, Chedor-laomer King of Elam, and Tidal king of the nations:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵי֙ אַמְרָפֶ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָ֔ר אַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֵילָ֔ם וְתִדְעָ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ גּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yəhî in yəmê ʾamrāp̄el melek-šinʿār ʾaryôk melek ʾellāsār kədārlāʿōmer melek ʿêlām wə-ṯiḏʿāl melek gôyim

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/and it happened
• *yəmê*: construct plural of *yôm* - days of
• *ʾamrāp̄el*: proper noun, king's name
• *melek*: construct state noun, masculine singular - king of
• *šinʿār*: proper noun, place name (Shinar/Babylon)
• *ʾaryôk*: proper noun, king's name
• *ʾellāsār*: proper noun, place name
• *kədārlāʿōmer*: proper noun, king's name
• *ʿêlām*: proper noun, place name (Elam)
• *wə-ṯiḏʿāl*: conjunction + proper noun, king's name
• *gôyim*: common noun, masculine plural - nations/gentiles

Word Meanings

• *wə-yəhî*: and it happened/and it came to pass/and it was
• *šinʿār*: Shinar/Babylon/Sumer
• *gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples

Referenced Verses

• Gen 10:10 : 10 And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• Gen 10:22 : 22 The sonnes of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
• Gen 11:2 : 2 And as they went from the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and there they abode.
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And in the same day shall the Lord stretche out his hand againe the second time, to possesse the remnant of his people, (which shalbe left) of Asshur, and of Egypt, & of Pathros, and of Ethiopia, and of Elam, and of Shinear, and of Hamath, and of the yles of the sea.
• Isa 21:2 : 2 A grieuous vision was shewed vnto me, The transgressour against a transgressour, and the destroyer against a destroyer. Goe vp Elam, besiege Media: I haue caused all the mourning thereof to cease.
• Isa 22:6 : 6 And Elam bare the quiuer in a mans charet with horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield.
• Isa 37:12 : 12 Haue the gods of the nations deliuered them, which my fathers haue destroyed? as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Telassar?
• Jer 25:25 : 25 And all the Kings of Zimri, and all the Kings of Elam, and all the Kings of the Medes,
• Jer 49:34-39 : 34 The woordes of the Lorde that came to Ieremiah the Prophet, concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiah King of Iudah, saying, 35 Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes, Beholde, I will breake the bowe of Elam, euen the chiefe of their strength. 36 And vpon Elam I will bring the foure windes from the foure quarters of heauen, and will scatter them towardes all these windes, and there shall bee no nation, whither the fugitiues of Elam shall not come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be afraied before their enemies, and before them that seeke their liues, and will bring vpon them a plague, euen the indignation of my wrath, saieth the Lord, & I wil sende the sworde after them till I haue consumed them. 38 And I wil set my throne in Elam, & I wil destroy both the King & the princes from thence, saith the Lord: 39 but in the latter daies I wil bring againe the captiuitie of Elam, sayeth the Lord.
• Ezek 32:24 : 24 There is Elam & all his multitude round about his graue: al they are slaine and fallen by the sword which are gone downe with the vncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused themselues to be feared in the land of the liuing, yet haue they borne their shame with them that are gone downe to the pit.
• Dan 1:2 : 2 And ye Lord gaue Iehoiakim king of Iudah into his hand; with parte of the vessels of the house of God, which he caryed into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into his gods treasurie.
• Zech 5:11 : 11 And hee saide vnto mee, To builde it an house in the lande of Shinar, and it shall be established and set there vpon her owne place.