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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Sodom
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Sabtah Sabteca Salem Salu (Sallu) Samson Samuel Sarah, Sarai satan Saul Seba Seir Sephar Serug Seth Shaddai Sharon Sheba Shechem Shelah Sheleph Shem Shiloah, Siloam Shiloh Shimea Shimei Shinar Shisha Shoshannah Shuah Siddim Sidon Simeon Sin Sinite/ Sinim Sinai Sisera Sitnah Sodom Solomon Succoth Susa Susan/Susannah |
Sodom
Sodom is a city on the bottom of the Dead Sea, together with Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim (Gen 19; Deut 29:23). |
(sad 1464), which is a loan-word itself, and which denotes penal constrictions around the ankles.
) and sin (
)are somewhat similar in sound, they have been known to interchange. Hence 
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