סְדֹם

סְדֹּם₈₉ proper name, of a location Sodom, important Canaanitish city named (usually) with Gomorrha ( עֲמֹרָה, q. v.); — ᵐ5 Ζόδομα (inflected Ζοδόμώ, Ζοδομοις ): — ׳ס (on formation compare Lag^{BN 54}), 1 Mos 13,10; 1 Mos 13,12; 1 Mos 13,13 + 7 t. Gen 18, 19, + מְדֹ֫מָה (ה locative) 1 Mos 10,19; 1 Mos 18,22; 1 Mos 19,1 (all J), + 8 t. 1 Mos 14,1–200 from 8th cent. onwards, used as illustrating ׳י's judgments, Amos 4,11; Es 1,9; Es 13,19; 5 Mos 29,22; Jer 49,18; Jer 50,40; Sef 2,9; Klg 4,6 as proverbial for open sin Es 3,9; Jer 23,14 so metaphor ׳קְצִינֵי ס Es 1,10 (i.e. rulers as corrupt as in Sodom), ׳גֶּפֶּן ס 5 Mos 32,32 (i.e. wickedness like Sodom's); Judah compare with ׳ס to her disadvantage Ezk 16,46; Ezk 16,48; Ezk 16,49; Ezk 16,53; Ezk 16,55; Ezk 16,56. Site probably at south end of Dead Sea, where are now Jebel Usdum (southwest), and Zoar (southeast) compare Di^{1 Mos 19,20ff.} Rob^{BR ii. 187 ff.} GASm^{Geogr. 505 ff.} Blankenhorn^{ZPV xix (1896), 53 ff} Bd^{Pal. 3, 146} Buhl^{Geogr. 117, 271, 274}. See also שִׂדִּים.