Lexical Definition

‎מַהְפֵּכָה‎ mahpêkâh (mah-pay-kaw') overthrow ^H:N-F
from ‎הָפַךְ‎

when...overthrew, overthrow(-n).

• a destruction

1) overthrow, destruction
1a) always of Sodom and Gomorrah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַהְפֵּכָה‎] noun feminine overthrow — always construct ‎מַהְפֵּכַת‎; & always of overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah etc., except Isa 1:7 ‎זָרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎, where read ‎סְדֹם‎ (Ew Che RS^{Proph. 345} Di and others; also Lag^{Semitic i. 3}); yet even so probably gloss, compare Stu^{JPTh 1877, 714}; ‎סְדֹם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 29:22*; Jer 49:18 and with force of verbal noun, governing accusative, ‎אלהים אתסֿדם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Isa 13:19; Jer 50:40; Amos 4:11. compare also ‎הָפַךְ‎ 1 b, ‎הֲפֵכָה‎.

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