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Meaning and etymology of the name Birsha
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Birsha 
The name Birsha occurs only once in the Bible. He is the king of Gomorrah during the War of Four against Five Kings (Genesis 14). King Birsha and his four comrades rise up against king Chedorlaomer, get whooped, and run for the hills. Birsha and his buddy Bera, the king of Sodom, fall in tar pits, which were evidently ubiquitous in the valley of Siddim, where the fight took place.
The name Birsha comes probably from the common Hebrew particle  (be), meaning in, at or by; and the Hebrew verb  rasha (2222) meaning either to act or be wrong or wicked, or to condemn as guilty (says HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament). The most important antonym is  (sedeq), as used in the name Melchizedek. Obvious derivatives of the verb are (resha), meaning wrong, wickedness; (rasha), meaning wicked or criminal;  (rish'a), meaning guilt or wickedness.
NOBS Study Bible Name List reads With Wickedness. BDB Theological Dictionary declares root and meaning unknown.
Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names goes a step further, sticks to the verb rasha (2222) but derives the b-part of the name Birsha from the common Hebrew word  (ben), roughly meaning son, but please see the name Ben for a more thorough look at this word.
Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Son Of Wickedness, but this seems a trifle artificial.
Also see the name Bera
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