Study it in the app“But his wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”
But his wife,וַ אִשְׁתּוֹbehind him,מֵאַחֲרָיוlooked back,תַּבֵּטand she becameוַתְּהִיa pillarנְצִיבof salt.מֶלַח
Jesus says: “Remember Lot’s wife”; Genesis 19:26 tells that she looked back and became a pillar of salt.
The same term appears in both passages.
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearslook
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “tabet” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appearspillar
A standing pillar, like the one of salt Lot's wife became.
Where else “netsiv” appearssalt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appears25He overturned those cities, and the whole plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
26 · This verse (above)
27Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before YHWH.
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?
