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Genesis 14:3

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[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.	All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.	Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

All these were joined together^H2266 in the vale^H6010 of Siddim^H7708, which^H1931 is the salt^H4417 sea^H3220.

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Original Hebrew

כָּל־אֵלֶּה חָבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
אֵ֨לֶּה֙	'e.leh	H428	HPdxcp	these
חָֽבְר֔וּ	cha.ve.Ru	H2266	HVqp3cp	they joined together
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עֵ֖מֶק	'E.mek	H6010	HNcmsc	(the) valley of
הַ/שִּׂדִּ֑ים	ha./si.Dim	H7708	HTd/Np	(the)/ Siddim
ה֖וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	that
יָ֥ם	yam	H3220	HNcmsc	(is) (the) Sea of
הַ/מֶּֽלַח	ha./Me.lach	H4417	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ Salt

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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Strong's References

• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H2266 — חָבַר (châbar, khaw-bar'): a primitive root; to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate; charm(-er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.
• H3220 — יָם (yâm, yawm): from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
• H4417 — מֶלַח (melach, meh'-lakh): from מָלַח; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved); salt(-pit).
• H6010 — עֵמֶק (ʻêmeq, ay'-mek): from עָמַק; a vale (i.e. broad depression); dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also בֵּית הָעֵמֶק.
• H7708 — שִׂדִּים (Siddîym, sid-deem'): plural from the same as שָׂדֶה; flats; Siddim, a valley in Palestine; Siddim.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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