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Aramaic word · H1169

בְּעֵל

be'el-

commander

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

Where it appears

Ezra · 3

  1. Ezra 4:8 בְּעֵל־ lord of

    Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

  2. Ezra 4:9 בְּעֵל־ lord of

    From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,

  3. Ezra 4:17 בְּעֵל־ lord of

    Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.

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