How to Pronounce Bela

BEE-luh

Bela is pronounced BEE-luh (ˈbiːlə): two syllables, stress on the first.

Who was Bela?

Bela was the firstborn son of Benjamin, head of the family of the Belaites (Numbers 26:38, 1 Chronicles 8:1). The name is also borne by Bela the son of Beor, first among the kings who reigned in Edom, whose city was Dinhabah (Genesis 36:32), and by a city called Bela, which is Zoar, whose king joined battle in the vale of Siddim (Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8).

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