TWO. Hebrew the two. With article, viz. two of the three, Genesis 18:16. SODOM. _flaming, burning._ EVEN. Note emph. on notes of time in the Structure. GATE. The seat of judgment, showing that Lot was. real citizen, Genesis 19:9; Genesis 23:10; Genesis 23:18; Genesis 34:20; Genesis 34:24.Ruth 4:1... [ Continue Reading ]
MY LORDS. Plural of _Adon._ IN THE STREET. Figure of speech _Peristasis._... [ Continue Reading ]
EAT. See Genesis 18:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOW. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWN. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). THESE. Archaic pronoun showing antiquity of Pentateuch ROOF. Figure of speech _Metalepsis._ App-6. Roof put for house, and house put for protection.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGE. See Genesis 19:1. He sat in Sodom's gate, the seat of the judges. See note on Genesis 13:7. WORSE. Hebrew. _ra'._ App-44. BREAK. break open, shiver.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLINDNESS. Produced by dazzlings of light. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Noun). Plural put for sing, only here and 2 Kings 6:18; 2 Kings 6:9 instances of people so smitten (see App-10). See Genesis 19:11; Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10. Jdg 16:21. 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Kings 14:4. 2Ki 6:18. 2 Kings 25:7;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL DESTROY. are about to destroy. FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Compare the "we" of Genesis 19:13. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ ONE THAT MOCKED. [_ TALKED NONSENSE_] See notes on next page. ONE THAT MOCKED. talked nonsense. He had looked, and pitched his tent toward Sodom, had dwelt and made his home there, and married his daughters, and sat in its gate as. ju... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6. Cause put for effect. _judgment._ Compare Psalms 7:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
LINGERED. See Genesis 19:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Septuagint reads "they". LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-13. LOOK, &C. Figure of speech _Asyndeton._ (No ands, but climax.)... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD*. see note on Genesis 18:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS IT NOT. LITTLE ONE? Figure of speech _Epitrechon._ MY SOUL. myself. Hebrew my _nephesh._... [ Continue Reading ]
THEE. Hebrew. _thy face_. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part).... [ Continue Reading ]
ZOAR. _little,_ or _smallness._ Compare Genesis 14:2; Genesis 14:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD... FROM THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Repetition very emphatic. Compare "we", Genesis 19:13. BRIMSTONE AND FIRE. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). burning brimstone. Referred to in Deuteronomy 29:23.Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18; Zephaniah 2:9; Matthew 10:15; 2 Peter 2:6;... [ Continue Reading ]
OVERTHREW. These cities are not in the Dead Sea, but their ruins have been discovered by M. de Saulcy (called to-day _Kharbet-Goumran),_ about. miles square (_Journey round the Dead Sea,_ vol. ii, pp. 42-46). Note the parallelism (_Alternation_).. | cities.. | plain. _a_. cities (inhabitants). _b_.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIFE. Compare Luke 17:32. LOOKED BACK: i.e. curiously. Compare Isaiah 63:5 and Genesis 19:28. Same word as in Genesis 19:17. BECAME. Same word as Genesis 1:2, "the earth became. ... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD. Compare note on Genesis 18:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED TOWARD.. different word from Genesis 19:27. Abraham bent forward and looked with awe and grief. SMOKE. It does not say he saw the cities, but only the smoke.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. REMEMBERED. Lot's deliverance due to Abraham's prayer. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ CITIES. the city. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Number). App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ See App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOR. but. This clause is one marked with the "fifteen extraordinary points" calling attention to the ancient readings "he _did know_ when she arose. "See App-31.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOAB. Hebrew. _from. father._... [ Continue Reading ]
BEN-AMMI. Hebrew. _son of Ammi_. "the god Am". See on Genesis 14:5 and Deuteronomy 2:20. Begotten in shame, both had. shameful history. Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4. Compare Judges 10:10; Judges 11:4; Judges 11:15.Numbers 21:29;... [ Continue Reading ]