Halakhah for Genesis 14:1
וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵי֙ אַמְרָפֶ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָ֔ר אַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֵילָ֔ם וְתִדְעָ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ גּוֹיִֽם׃
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer
We do not divide the name of the man or the name of woman on to two lines, but it is possible to divide some names that bear such division similar to Chedor Laomer (although Scripture Genesis 14:1 has this as a single word, Talmud divides it). Rama: and similarly Imanu El. But if he wrote it as a single undivided word, he did not lose (Seder Gittin).
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