Lexicon Birsha: a king of Gomorrah Original Word: בִּרְשַׁעPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Birsha Phonetic Spelling: (beer-shah') Short Definition: Birsha NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitiona king of Gomorrah NASB TranslationBirsha (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs בִּרְשַׁע proper name, masculine (√ & meaning unknown) king of Gomorrha Genesis 14:2. בֵּרֹתַי, בֵּרֹתִי, בֵּר֫וֺתָה see below בארות, p. 92. בשׂם (have a sweet odour, compare Aramaic בְּסִים,  be sweet, pleasant, Pa`el  to delight, בַּסִּימָא, sweet; Palmyrene (משחא) בשימא VogJAs 1883, Août. Sept. 153 1. 12, 155 1. 16, 18, 20 etc. spiced (oil), compare ReckendZMG 1888, 403; Assyrian bašâmu, Pa`el make fine, beautiful COTGloss). בֶּ֫שֶׂם, [בָּשָׂם] see בּשֶֹׁם. below
Strong's Birsha Probably from resha' with a prepositional prefix; with wickedness; Birsha, a king of Gomorrah -- Birsha. see HEBREW resha' |
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