The Meaning of Genesis 19:25 Explained

Genesis 19:25

KJV: And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

YLT: and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.

Darby: and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the ground.

ASV: and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he overthrew  those  cities,  and all the plain,  and all the inhabitants  of the cities,  and that which grew  upon the ground. 

What does Genesis 19:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 19:24-29 - Lot And His Daughters Rescued
God had mercy on Lot for Abraham's sake. A missionary told me that when, on writing home to his mother, he narrated his miraculous deliverance from an infuriated mob, she replied by quoting a special entry in her diary to the effect that, during those exact hours, she was detained before God in a perfect agony of intercession for him. Lot was saved from Sodom, but took Sodom with him. He was saved so as by fire, but his life-work was burned up. See 1 Corinthians 3:15. Even his wife might have been saved, but her heart was inveterately wedded to the city. In modern cities there are traces of the sins that doomed Sodom. Let us bear witness against them, that we may arrest inevitable judgment. Jude tells us that in the fate of these cities we have an example of eternal fire. Have a place where you stand before God. Only from that eminence can you venture to look out on the awful retribution of human rebellion.
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Chapter Summary: Genesis 19

1  Lot entertains two angels
4  The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness
12  Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law
15  He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar
24  Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed
26  Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt
29  Lot dwells in a cave
31  The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon

What do the individual words in Genesis 19:25 mean?

So He overthrew - cities these and all the plain and the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground
וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙ אֶת־ הֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔ל וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־ הַכִּכָּ֑ר וְאֵת֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הֶעָרִ֔ים וְצֶ֖מַח הָאֲדָמָֽה

וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙  So  He  overthrew 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָפַךְ  
Sense: to turn, overthrow, overturn.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הֶעָרִ֣ים  cities 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הָאֵ֔ל  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵל  
Sense: these, those.
הַכִּכָּ֑ר  the  plain 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י  the  inhabitants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הֶעָרִ֔ים  of  the  cities 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וְצֶ֖מַח  and  what  grew 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צֶמַח  
Sense: sprout, growth, branch.
הָאֲדָמָֽה  on  the  ground 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.

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