Every Name in Tanakh

בִּרְשַׁע Birsha

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 572×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A king of Gomorrah. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Genesis 14:2.

Genesis 14:2בראשית יד:ב

עָשׂוּ מִלְחָמָה אֶת־בֶּרַע מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם וְאֶת־בִּרְשַׁע מֶלֶךְ עֲמֹרָה שִׁנְאָב מֶלֶךְ אַדְמָה וְשֶׁמְאֵבֶר מֶלֶךְ צביים וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִיא־צֹֽעַר

that they 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—the same is Zoar.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Birsha?

Birsha — ברשע in Hebrew — has a gematria of 572 in the standard method.

How many times is Birsha named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at Genesis 14:2.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ברשע stands 3 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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