{"def":{"lit":"burning","short":"Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea","long":["a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment"]},"deriv":"from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e., volcanic or bituminous) district","pronun":{"ipa":"sɛ̆ˈd̪om","ipa_mod":"sɛ̆ˈdo̞wm","sbl":"sĕdōm","dic":"seh-DOME","dic_mod":"seh-DOME"}}