Unreviewed (from Wiktionary)Jewish life

apple of Sodom

apple + of + Sodom; compare the common assumption that the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden was an apple. Possibly also imitative of Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tapuah, “apple”) + סְדוֹם (Sdom, “Sodom”).

Weakest linkPossible

Unreviewed

This journey was extracted automatically from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and hasn't been checked by a person yet. Dates marked “c.” are estimated from each language's period, and every hop is graded at best “probable”.

The road to English

c. 1910Modern Hebrew

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

Export “apple of Sodom”

Embed “apple of Sodom”

Save “apple of Sodom”