Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
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and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
KJV
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| גָּפְרִ֣ית | ga.fe.Rit | [is] sulfur | H1614 → |
| וָמֶלַח֮ | va.me.Lach | and salt | H4417 → |
| שְׂרֵפָ֣ה | se.re.Fah | a burning waste | H8316 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → |
| אַרְצָהּ֒ | 'ar.Tzah | land its | H776 → |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תִזָּרַע֙ | ti.za.Ra' | it is sown | H2232 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| תַצְמִ֔חַ | tatz.Mi.ach | it causes to grow | H6779 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| יַעֲלֶ֥ה | ya.'a.Leh | it comes up | H5927 → |
| בָ֖הּ | vah | in <the> it | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3605 → |
| עֵ֑שֶׂב | 'E.sev | vegetation | H6212 → |
| כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת | ke.mah.pe.Khat | like [the] overthrow of | H4114 → |
| סְדֹ֤ם | se.Dom | Sodom | H5467 → |
| וַעֲמֹרָה֙ | va.'a.mo.Rah | and Gomorrah | H6017 → |
| אַדְמָ֣ה | 'ad.Mah | Admah | H126 → |
| וּצְבוֹיִ֔ם | u.tze.v.yim | and Zeboiim | H6636 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| הָפַ֣ךְ | ha.Fakh | he overthrew | H2015 → |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| בְּאַפּ֖וֹ | be.'a.Po | in anger his | H639 → |
| וּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ׃ | u.va.cha.ma.To | and in rage his | H2534 → |
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