# she became a pillar of salt

"she became like a statue of salt" or "her body became like a tall stone of salt." Because she disobeyed the angel who told them not to look back at the city, God caused her to become something like a statue made out of rock salt.

# behold

The word "behold" draws attention to the surprising information that follows.

# like the smoke of a furnace

This shows that it was a very large amount of smoke. AT: "like the smoke from a very large fire" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/lot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/sodom]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gomorrah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/furnace]]