מַהְפֵּכָה

[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.