No it wasn't. THAT was considered rape, Phinehas, and the raping of a man by another man was inhospitality taken to its extreme! True! It was regarding the man as being the equivalent of a (gasp) woman ...property!! That was a definite no, no. One could rape a woman (unless she was the property of a man) but no raping of men, please!
But anyway, the rape never occurred so we can all sleep soundly.
The verses in question are these: Gen 19:1-14
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know (yada) them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 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.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
The word "yada" in Hebrew is very versatile. It ranges from intellectual knowledge to intimate knowledge: it depends on the context. In Genesis 4:1, the word for
know is also "yada," and it is clear that the result of this [intimate] knowledge between Adam and Eve produced a child (Abel) as evident in verse 2. It is based on the context.
Likewise, the men in Genesis 19 were asking to know the angels, but the context in versus 8 and 9 makes the definition of the word "yada" clear when Lot pleads with the the men to take his daughters instead
because they have not known a man. This stronly implies and pretty much denotes an intimate or sexual knowledge.
Since the angels obviously did not want to have sex with these men, it is safe to say that the men were going to rape the angels if they could have.