sodom
part of speech
proper noun
meaning for a pupil
A city of ancient Canaan near the Dead Sea, destroyed with its neighbours by fire from heaven. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the city whose people were wicked and cruel, and Abraham pleaded with God to spare it for the sake of any righteous people. The prophets use Sodom as a warning: people who show their sin openly are "as Sodom", and proud Babylon will be overthrown like Sodom and Gomorrah. Interpretation: Tradition reads Sodom as the example of selfishness and lack of kindness to strangers, and Abraham's plea is taken as a model of seeking justice and mercy. Ezekiel says Jerusalem's pride was worse than her "sister Sodom", which the tradition reads as a warning that anyone can fall into the same sins.
examples
- Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly. (Torah GEN.13.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. (Torah GEN.14.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. (Torah GEN.18.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride; (Prophets EZK.16.56, JPS 1917) tree →
- The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. (Prophets ISA.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. (Prophets ISA.13.19, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.
- And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
- And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.'
- And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sodom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.