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title: עֲמֹרָה — Gomorrah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲמֹרָה (6017), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: Gomorrah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Gomorrah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲמֹרָה

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«עֲמֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gomorrah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 6017 · **BDB:** עֲמֹרָה

### Glosses

Gomorrah (15); of.Gomorrah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gomorrah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6017/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Gomorrah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6017/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Gomorrah, Γομορρα (Γ = غ;; √ II. עמר according to LagBN54);—always c. סְדֹם q.v.; Gn 10:19 + 8 times Gn, in sim. Am 4:11; Is 1:9; 13:19; Dt 29:22; Je 49:18; 50:40; Zp 2:9, cf. Dt 32:32; fig. of iniquity Is 1:10; Je 23:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲמֹרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6017/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.10/)

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שִׁמְע֥וּ דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה קְצִינֵ֣י סְדֹ֑ם הַאֲזִ֛ינוּ תּוֹרַ֥ת אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ עַ֥ם עֲמֹרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* hear the.word of.Yahweh O.rulers of.Sodom give.ear.to the.instruction our.God our O.people of.Gomorrah

*JPS 1917:* Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

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[Genesis 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.11/)

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וַ֠יִּקְחוּ אֶת־כָּל־רְכֻ֨שׁ סְדֹ֧ם וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאֶת־כָּל־אָכְלָ֖ם וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.took (et) all the.possession\[s\] of.Sodom and Gomorrah and (et) all food their and they.went

*JPS 1917:* And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

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