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מֶלֶךְ — Genesis 14:1 kingship

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SEMANTIC_USAGE_OCCURRENCEUSAGE_H4428_GEN_14_1
Curation State
CURATED
Release Introduced
v45
Language
Hebrew
Lemma
מֶלֶךְ
Strong Id
H4428
Lemma Keys
[
    "מֶלֶךְ",
    "H4428"
]
Evidence Layers
[
    {
        "id": "BIBLICAL_HEBREW_GREEK",
        "role": "textual_corpus"
    }
]
Source Ids
[
    "SRC_OSHB_WLC",
    "SRC_KJV1769"
]
Source Reference
Genesis 14:1
Date Range
{
    "label": "Biblical Hebrew textual context; composition/redaction date varies by book",
    "certainty": "broad"
}
Original Language
Hebrew
Attested Form
מֶלֶךְ
Original Excerpt
אַמְרָפֶל מֶלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָר
Translation
{
    "text": "Amraphel, king of Shinar",
    "responsibility": "Berean Archive working context translation; used only for the semantic-usage record.",
    "alignment_note": "Context-level evidence only; this record does not create a new translation-token alignment."
}
Semantic Domains
[
    {
        "id": "political_governmental",
        "role": "primary",
        "classification": "documented fact",
        "rationale": "The noun directly identifies a territorial king in an international conflict narrative."
    }
]
Evidence Strength
DIRECT_ATTESTATION
Context Summary
The occurrence is a straightforward political title for a ruler.
Evidence Boundary
Kingship elsewhere can be human, divine, metaphorical, or theological; this record concerns the political title in Genesis 14.
Scripture Reference
{
    "book": "GEN",
    "chapter": 14,
    "verse": "1",
    "edition": "wlc-oshb"
}