“Her Iniquity Is Greater Than the Sin of Sodom”: The Grammar of Moral Collapse in Lamentations 4:6
וַיִּגְדַּל עֲוֹן בַּת־עַמִּי מֵחַטַּאת סְדֹם הַהֲפוּכָה כְמֹו־רָגַע וְלֹא־חָלוּ בָהּ יָדָיִם׃ In the lament over Jerusalem’s fall, Eikhah 4:6 delivers a declaration of staggering moral gravity: וַיִּגְדַּל עֲוֹן בַּת־עַמִּי מֵחַטַּאת סְדֹם “Her iniquity is greater than the sin of Sodom.” This verse does not merely compare sins — it defines the nature of transgression through grammatical…