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Jeremiah 49:18

“As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַהְפֵּכָהmahpêkâh · mah-pay-kaw'
H4114 · Hebrew
Definition
a destruction
Derivation
from H2015 (הָפַךְ);
KJV renderings
when...overthrew, overthrow(-n).
Grammar
  • כְּֽ — preposition
  • מַהְפֵּכַ֞ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code HR/Ncfsc
Usage
Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 29:22Isaiah 1:7Isaiah 13:19Jeremiah 50:40Amos 4:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַהְפֵּכָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.