Genesis 19:11
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And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door.

with blindness.

2 Kings 6:18 And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.

, is supposed to denote dazzlings, deceptions, or confusions of sight from excessive light; being derived by Schultens, who is followed by Parkhurst, from the Arabic sana, to pour forth, diffuse, and nor, light. Dr. Geddes, to the same purpose, thinks it is compounded of the Arabic sana, which signifies a flash, and or, light. The Targums, in both places where it occurs, render it by eruptions, or flashes of light, or as Mercer, in Robertson, explains the Chaldee word, irradiations.

2 Kings 6:18 And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.

Acts 13:11 And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee: and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him: and going about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand.

that they.

Ecclesiastes 10:15 The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city.

Isaiah 57:10 Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy ways: yet thou saidst not: I will rest: thou has found life of thy hand, therefore thou hast not asked.

Jeremiah 2:36 How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Context
Lot Welcomes the Angels
10And behold the men put out their hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door. 11And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door.
Cross References
Acts 13:11
And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee: and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him: and going about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand.

Genesis 19:12
And they said to Lot: Hast thou here any of thine? son in law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this city:

Deuteronomy 28:28
The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind.

Deuteronomy 28:29
And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.

2 Kings 6:18
And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.

Lexicon
And
וְֽאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

they struck
הִכּוּ֙ (hik·kū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

with blindness
בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֔ים (bas·san·wê·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5575: Sudden blindness

the men
הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

at the entrance,
פֶּ֣תַח (pe·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

both young
מִקָּטֹ֖ן (miq·qā·ṭōn)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

and
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

old,
גָּד֑וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

so that they were unable
וַיִּלְא֖וּ (way·yil·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3811: To tire, to be, disgusted

to find
לִמְצֹ֥א (lim·ṣō)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

the door.
הַפָּֽתַח׃ (hap·pā·ṯaḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6607: An opening, door, entrance way


Additional Translations
And they struck with blindness the men at the entrance, both young and old, so that they were unable to find the door.And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.

And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

and the men who are at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.
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