Study it in the app“When 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.””
Whenוַיְהִי כְthey had broughtהוֹצִיאָםthemאֹתָםoutside,הַחוּצָהhe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Escapeהִמָּלֵטfor your life!עַל נַפְשֶׁךָDo notאַלlookתַּבִּיטbehind you,אַחֲרֶיךָand do notוְאַלstopתַּעֲמֹדanywhereבְּכָלin the plain;הַכִּכָּרescapeהִמָּלֵטto the mountain,הָהָרָהlest you be swept away.”פֶּן תִּסָּפֶה
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appearsoutside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsescape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “himalet” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appearslook
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “tabit” appearsstop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “taamod” appearsplain
Literally "the circle": the lowland around the Jordan.
Where else “kikar” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hara” appearssweep away
To perish together with others, wiped out.
Where else “tisafe” appears16But 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18But Lot said to them, “No, please, Adonai!
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?
