Jastrow: סְדוֹם

סְדוֹם (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Sodom, one of the cities in the plain of Jordan destroyed for their wickedness. Snh. X, 3 (108ᵃ) (ref. to Ps. I, 5) אלו אנשי ס׳ this alludes to the men of S. Ib. 109ᵇ ארבעה … בס׳ וכ׳ four judges lived in S. &c., v. זְיָיפִי; a. fr.—מִדַּת ס׳ Sodomitic rule, unfairness, selfishness. Ab. V, 10 ‘mine is mine, and thine is thine’, זו היא מ׳ ס׳ that is a Sodomitic principle (justice without charity). B. Bath. 12ᵇ כופין על מ׳ ס׳ the law may use force against unfairness (where one claims a privilege which causes the neighbor no loss); a. fr.—Ib. 114ᵇ הלכתא … יוסף בס׳ Ar. (ed. בשדה) the law follows R. Joseph’s opinion as to using force against unfairness.—ימא דס׳ the Lake of Sodom (usu. ימא דמילחא). Sabb. 108ᵇ, v. טְבַע I; a. e.