I. Name

The name kĕdār-lāʿomer, ‘Chedorlaomer’ king of Elam (Gen. 14.1, Gen. 4, Gen. 5, Gen. 9, Gen. 17; 1QGenAp 21:23), is to be interpreted as a combination of the noun kudur (Akk.) or kutir/kut.e.r (Elamite), ‘protector’ (see R. Zadok, The Elamite Onomasticon [AION Sup 40; Napoli 1984] 25 for names containing this noun), with the name of the Elamite underworld deity Lagamal/Lagamar (Böhl 1916:67; Astour 1966:78; Weippert 1976–1980; Astour 1992:893). The name Lagamal means “No mercy” (Lambert 1980–83:…