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Sodom and Gomorrah (;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sodom ) Adapted from «/ˈsɒdəm/».〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide ) IPA format given from «ga-mōr´a».〕) were cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and in the deuterocanonical Book of Wisdom, as well as in the Qur'an and hadith. According to the Torah, the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah were allied with the cities of Admah, Zeboim and Bela. These five cities, also known as the "cities of the plain", were situated on the Jordan River plain in the southern region of the land of Canaan. The plain, which corresponds to the area just north of the modern-day Dead Sea, was compared to the garden of Eden as being a land well-watered and green, suitable for grazing livestock. Divine judgment by God was then passed upon Sodom and Gomorrah and two neighboring cities, which were completely consumed by fire and brimstone. Neighboring Zoar (Bela) was the only city to be spared. In Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a proverbial manifestation of divine retribution.〔Qur'an(S15) Al-Hijr:72-73〕 Sodom and Gomorrah have been used as metaphors for vice and homosexuality viewed as a deviation. The story has therefore given rise to words in several languages, including the English word ''sodomy'', used in sodomy laws to describe a sexual "crime against nature" consisting of anal or oral sex, either homosexual or heterosexual, or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal (bestiality). Some Islamic societies incorporate punishments associated with Sodom and Gomorrah into sharia. The historicity of Sodom and Gomorrah is still in dispute by archaeologists, as little archaeological evidence has ever been found in the regions where they were supposedly situated. ==Etymology== The etymology of both names is uncertain. The exact original meanings of the names are also uncertain. The name ''Sodom'' could be a word from an early Semitic language ultimately related to the Arabic ''sadama'', meaning "fasten", "fortify", "strengthen", and Gomorrah could be based on the root ''gh m r'', which means "be deep", "copious (water)". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sodom and Gomorrah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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