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Meaning and etymology of the name Gomorrah
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Gomorrah 
Gomorrah is a city that went down with Sodom, Admah, and Zeboiim (Genesis 19; Deuteronomy 29:23).
The name Gomorrah is clearly similar to the root group  ('amar I & II).
The verb ('amar) means to bind sheaves. It occurs only once in the Bible, in Psalm 129:7. Related nouns are ('omer), meaning sheaf (Deuteronomy 24:19); ('omer), meaning omer, which is a measure of volume (Exodus 16:32);  ('amir), meaning a row of fallen grain (Amos 2:13).
The verb ('amar II) means to deal tyrannically with. This verb occurs only in Deuteronomy 21:14 and 24:7, and although both BDB Theological Dictionary and HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament treat these verbs as different roots, the relation of dealing tyrannical with, and binding in sheaves is not all that obscure.
Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names, however, derives from the words  (am) meaning a people; and  (yarah ; used only once in Isaiah 44:8) meaning to be fearful, and renders the name People Of Fear.
For reasons beyond the scope of this body, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Submersion.
Whatever motivations may have prompted Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and NOBS Study Bible Name List to read their respective meanings in the name Gomorrah, for a Hebrew audience the name Gomorrah would have sounded like either Sheaves or Tyrants.
Other names that contain the word 'am are
Amalek,
Amasa,
Ammi,
Ammiel,
Ammihud,
Ammihur,
Amminadab,
Ammishaddai,
Ammizabad,
Ammon,
Amram,
Balaam,
Ben-ammi,
Bileam,
Ibleam,
Immanuel,
Ithream,
Jashobeam,
Jeroboam,
Lo-Ammi,
Rehoboam and
Ummah.
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