Genesis 19:26

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And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.	But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.	And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But his wife^H802 looked back^H5027 from behind him^H310, and she became a pillar^H5333 of salt^H4417.

Original Hebrew

וַתַּבֵּט אִשְׁתֹּו מֵאַחֲרָיו וַתְּהִי נְצִיב מֶלַח׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תַּבֵּ֥ט	va./ta.Bet	H5027	HC/Vhw3fs	and/ she looked
אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ	'ish.T/o	H802	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	wife/ his
מֵ/אַחֲרָ֑י/ו	me./'a.cha.Ra/v	H310	HR/R/Sp3ms	from/ behind/ him
וַ/תְּהִ֖י	va./te.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she was
נְצִ֥יב	ne.Tziv	H5333	HNcmsc	a pillar of
מֶֽלַח	Me.lach	H4417	HNcmsa	salt

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
H4417 — מֶלַח (melach, meh'-lakh): from מָלַח; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved); salt(-pit).
H5027 — נָבַט (nâbaṭ, naw-bat'): a primitive root; to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care; (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
H5333 — נְצִיב (nᵉtsîyb, nets-eeb'): or נְצִב; from נָצַב; something stationary, i.e. a prefect, a military post, a statue; garrison, officer, pillar.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: BLINDNESS-VISION, HELPS-HINDRANCES, LOOKING BACKWARD, LOT, OBEDIENCE-DISOBEDIENCE, SALT
Torrey’s: PILLARS, SALT
Nave’s: DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, GOMORRAH, LOT, MIRACLES, PILLAR, SALT, SODOM, WOMEN

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