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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Gomorrah


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Gomorrah is a city that went down with Sodom, Admah, and Zeboiim (Gen 19; Deut 29:23).

The name Gomorrah is clearly similar to the words amar ('amar 1645 and 1646).
amar ('amar 1645) means to bind sheaves.
amar ('amar 1646) means to deal tyrannically with. The relation with binding in sheaves should be obvious.
Jones, however, derives from the words am (am 1640a) meaning a people; and yarah (yarah 911; used only once in Isa 44:8) meaning to be fearful, and renders the name People Of Fear.
NOBSE reads Submersion (?)

Whatever motivations may have prompted Jones and NOBSE to read their respective meanings in the name Gomorrah, for a Hebrew audience the name Gomorrah would have sounded like Tyrants.



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