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Genesis 19:29

וַ יְהִי בְּ שַׁחֵת אֶלֹהִים אֶת עָרֵי הַ כִּכָּר וַ יִּזְכֹּר אֶלֹהִים אֶת אַבְרָהָם וַ יְשַׁלַּח אֶת לֹוט מִ תֹּוךְ הַ הֲפֵכָה בַּ הֲפֹךְ אֶת הֶ עָרִים אֲשֶׁר יָשַׁב בָּהֵן לֹוט

And he is becoming in the laying-waste of elohim אֶת-the cities of the Round, elohim is memorializing אֶת-Father-of-Tumult. And he is sending אֶת-Lot forth from the middle of the Overturn684 in overturning אֶת-the Cities which Lot has sat in them.


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From the Hebrew verb haphak (#2015) an overturn. Everything is turned over, i.e. upside down. Recall the Cherubims in Genesis 3:24 wielding a sword that overturns [haphak] – turns everything upside down. Cf. Jeremiah 23:36 and Acts 17:6 for more amusement.