Genesis 14:15
And he is rubbing against themselves in the night, Himself and the slaves of himself, and he is striking themselves, and pursuing after themselves until Guilt, which is from the left side to Dumb Leg;
And he will divide against them at night, he and his servants, and will smite them, and will pursue them even to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
And he divided against them by night, he and his slaves, and he struck them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus.
And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus.
Footnotes
| 545 | Strong’s #2505, chalaq. |
| 546 | Hobah. Strong’s #2327. From chub (#2325), to be guilty. Also related to chob (#2326), debt. |
| 545b | Taken from the hint given by the rarer form דומשק. See Strong's #1746 and #7785. The name דמשק (Damaseq), traditionally understood as a foreign derived, could be analyzed as a possible Hebrew compound of the terms דומ (dum), meaning "silent" or "dumb", and שוק (shoq), meaning "leg" or more specifically the lower leg or calf. In this hypothetical compound, דומ שׁוק (dum shoq) could be interpreted as "dumb leg" or "silent leg," reflecting either a figurative description or a symbolic reference, such as an immobile or incapacitated state. Damascus is traditionally regarded as a foreign name with roots in the Semitic languages, specifically linked to the Akkadian Dimaš‡i and Aramaic Damesek, which derive from a root ד-מ-ש-ק (d-m-sh-k), meaning "to be moist" or "to flow", "well watered." |