H0569 H0569
Amraphel (king of Shinar, possibly Hammurabi)
Amraphel ruled Shinar in Abraham's era, participating in the coalition that captured Lot. Scholars have proposed identifying him with the famous Hammurabi of Babylon (c. 2100 BC), though this remains debated. The name appears in the dramatic account of Abraham's rescue mission.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Royal name appearing in Genesis 14:1, 9 as one of four eastern kings who invaded the Jordan valley. The possible identification with Hammurabi, if correct, would place these events within one of ancient Mesopotamia's most significant reigns. Translations consistently preserve the name with minor phonetic variations. 2×
AR["أَمْرَافَلَ", "وَ-أَمْرَافَلَ"]·ben["অম্রাফেলের", "আর-অম্রাফেলের"]·DE["Amrafels", "und-Amrafel"]·EN["Amraphel", "and-Amraphel"]·FR["Amraphel", "et-Amraphel"]·heb["אמרפל", "ו-אמרפל"]·HI["अम्रफ़ेल", "और-अम्रफ़ेल"]·ID["Amrafel", "dan-Amrafel"]·IT["Amraphel", "e-Amraphel"]·jav["Amrafèl", "lan-Amrafèl"]·KO["그리고-아므라벨", "아므라벨의"]·PT["Amrafel", "e-Amrafel"]·RU["Амрафела", "и-Амрафела"]·ES["Amrafel", "y-Amrafel"]·SW["Amrafeli", "na-Amrafeli"]·TR["Amrafel'in", "ve-Amrafel"]·urd["امرافل", "اور-امرافل"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַמְרָפֶל n.pr.m. king of Shinar Gn 14:1, 9 (prob. = חמרבי, Ḫammurabi of Babylon, who reigned c. 2100 b.c., cf. SchrSBA 1887, xxxi (June 23) COTii. 296 f. Dl in DeGen 1887, Excursus).