Βάλα - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Βάλα, πόλις τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Ἰώσηπος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βαλαῖος.

Bala: a city in Galilaia, according to Josephos. The ethnonym is 'Balaios'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#23
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 156.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	8
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἰώσηπος (Josephus)	Antiquities of the Jews · AJ 6,78

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Βάλα	Bala · place
Γαλιλαία	Galilee · place
Βαλαῖος	Balaean · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Bala: a city of Galilee, mentioned by Josephus (AJ 6.78); its ethnic name is Balaean. No origin or derivation of the place-name is explained.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.253

char LCS 28 (63.6%) · word LCS 5 (62.5%)

Stephanos

Βάλα, πόλις τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Ἰώσηπος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βαλαῖος.

Herodian

…ὺ Ἡρακλείας καὶ τοῦ Πόντου. Μένιππος ἐν περίπλῳ τοῦ Πόντου »ἀπὸ Κρηνίδων εἰς Ψύλλαν χωρίον στάδια κʹ, ἀπὸ Ψύλλης χωρίου εἰς Τίον πόλιν καὶ ποταμὸν Βιλλαῖον στάδια πʹ«. Σκύλλα. Σίβυλλα. ἅμιλλα. ἄελλα. παῦλα καὶ ἀνάπαυλα. Βάλα πόλις τῆς Γαλιλαίας. Ἰώσηπος (Ant. Iud. 6, 6). Γέλα πόλις Σικελίας. καλεῖται δὲ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ Γέλα, ὁ δὲ ποταμὸς ὅτι πολλὴν πάχνην γεννᾷ. ταύτην γὰρ τῇ Ὀπικῶν φωνῇ καὶ Σικελῶν γέλαν λέγεσθαι. Πρόξενος δ´ ἐν πρώτῃ τῶν περὶ πόρων Σικελικῶν καὶ Ἑλλάνικο…