Study it in the app“But he lingered; so the men seized his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hand of his two daughters, because of YHWH’s compassion for him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.”
But he lingered;וַיִּתְמַהְמָהּso the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםseizedיַּחֲזִקוּhis hand,בְּיָדוֹhis wife’sוּבְ אִשְׁתּוֹhand,יַדand the handוּבְיַדof his twoשְׁתֵּיdaughters,בְנֹתָיוbecause of YHWH’sבְּ יְהוָהcompassionחֶמְלַתfor him,עָלָיוand they brought him outוַיֹּצִאֻהוּand set himוַיַּנִּחֻהוּoutsideמִחוּץthe city.לָעִיר
linger
Linger, delay, hesitate.
Where else “yitmahmah” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yachaziku” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venotay” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscompassion
Compassion: pity that moves one to rescue.
Where else “chemlat” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsiu” appearsput
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “yanichu” appearsoutside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears15As the dawn came up, the messengers urged Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the iniquity of the city.”
16 · This verse (above)
17When they had brought them outside, he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stop anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountain, lest you be swept away.”
1. What it says
How was Lot’s family brought out of Sodom, and what happened to Lot’s wife (vv. 15-26)?
2. What it means
What does the text show about Elohim’s mercy in bringing Lot out of the city (vv. 16, 29)?
3. How I live it
What from the past is hard for you to let go of, and what step could help you move forward?
