Study it in the app“And your older sister is Samaria, she and her daughters, who dwell at your left; and your sister who is younger than you, who dwells at your right, is Sodom and her daughters.”
And your olderוַ הַגְּדוֹלָהsisterאֲחוֹתֵךְis Samaria,שֹׁמְרוֹןsheהִיאand her daughters,וּבְנוֹתֶיהָwho dwellהַיּוֹשֶׁבֶתat your left;עַל שְׂמֹאולֵךְand your sisterוַאֲחוֹתֵךְwho is youngerהַקְּטַנָּהthan you,מִמֵּךְwho dwellsהַיּוֹשֶׁבֶתat your right,מִימִינֵךְis Sodomסְדֹםand her daughters.וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ
elder
Born first: the firstborn son.
Where else “gedola” appearssister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achote” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshevet” appearsleft
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semovle” appearsyoungest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “ketana” appearssouth
The south side, which lies to the right of one facing east.
Where else “ymine” appearsSodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appearsFacing east, the left is the north (Samaria) and the right is the south (Sodom).
1Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
2Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
45You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her sons; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
46 · This verse (above)
47And not in their ways did you walk, nor according to their abominations did you do as if that were a very little thing; but you acted more corruptly than they in all your ways.
