Genesis 19:4

Before they could lie down to sleep, ¹  all the men – both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house. ² 

Ge 13:13; Ge 18:20; Ex 16:2; Ex 23:2; Pr 4:16; Pr 6:18; Jer 5:1-6,31; Mic 7:3; Mt 27:20-25; Ro 3:15

¹ tn The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) means “to lie down, to recline,” that is, “to go to bed.” Here what appears to be an imperfect is a preterite after the adverb טֶרֶם (terem). The nuance of potential (perfect) fits well.

² tn Heb “and the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the young to the old, all the people from the end [of the city].” The repetition of the phrase “men of” stresses all kinds of men.