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# sodom

«sodom» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A city of ancient Canaan near the Dead Sea, destroyed…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/#x2)
- And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. (Torah GEN.18.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/#x3)
- For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride; (Prophets EZK.16.56, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/#x4)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/#x5)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.347/)
- [And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.363/)
- [And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.364/)
- [And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.373/)
- [And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.464/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sodom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sodom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.