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and the mention of Zoar in ³⁰; and cf. (Hebrew characters), ^{32. 34}; with 7³; and (Hebrew characters), (Hebrew characters), ^{31. 33-35. 37. 38}, with 29²⁶.

30a is a transition clause, connecting what follows with ^1-28, esp. with ^17-22.—in the mountain] of Moab; cf. v.¹⁷.—he was afraid to dwell in Z.] lest it should be consumed, though the motive involves a slight discrepancy with ²¹.—30b. in the cave] probably a particular cave which was named after Lot (cf. 1 Ki. 19⁹). It is pointed out that (Hebrew characters), a possible variant of (Hebrew characters), is named as a Ḥōrite (Troglodyte?) in 36^{20. 22. 29}. The habit is said to have persisted till modern times in that region (Di. Dri. after Buckingham, Travels in Syria [1825]).—31. there is no man in the earth] 'We are the survivors of a universal catastrophe.' So Gu., following Pietschmann, Gesch. der Phönizier, 115; Jastrow, ZA, xiii. 298 (see below). The usual explanations: 'no man in the vicinity' (Di. al.), or 'all men will shrink from us' (Dri.), hardly do justice to the language.—(Hebrew characters)] So in the Jewish marriage formula (Hebrew characters) (De.).—32. The intoxication of Lot shows that the revolting nature of the proposal was felt by the Hebrew conscience. "When the existence of the race is at stake, the woman is more eager and unscrupulous than the man" (Gu. 192).—(Hebrew characters)] repeated in ^{34. 36}, anticipating the etymology of ³⁷.—33, 35. he knew not, etc.] still minimising Lot's culpability (cf. 38^16ff.).—37. (Hebrew characters)] as if = (Hebrew characters), from a (my?) father (v.i.).—38. (Hebrew characters)] not 'son of my people,' which would be

30 end] [E]GV + (Hebrew characters).—31. (Hebrew characters)] in this sense only Dt. 25⁵.—32. (Hebrew characters)] [E] (Hebrew characters).—33. (Hebrew characters)] (so ^{35. 36}; G-K. § 47 l.—(Hebrew characters)] ([E] (Hebrew characters)). On omission of art. with demonstr., see G-K. § 126 y; cf. 30¹⁶ 32²³ 38²¹, 1 Sa. 19¹⁰.—(Hebrew characters)] G + (Greek characters).—(Hebrew characters)] 'Appungunt desuper, quasi incredibile'! (Je.). In reality the point probably marks a superfluous letter (cf. v.³⁵).—34. (Hebrew characters)] G (Hebrew characters).—37. (Hebrew characters)] G + (Greek characters), (Greek characters) (['](Hebrew characters)). For the equivalence of (Hebrew characters) and (Hebrew characters), cf. Nu. 11^26f. ((Hebrew characters) = [E] (Hebrew characters), G (Greek characters)), Jer. 48²¹ ((Hebrew characters), Qr. = (Hebrew characters), Kt.), etc.: see ZATW, xvi. 322 f. The real etymology is, of course, uncertain. Homm. ingeniously and plausibly explains the name as a contraction of (Hebrew characters), 'his mother is the father,' after the analogy of a few Assyrian proper names (Verhand. d. XIII. Orient.-Kong. 261). The view of Kn. and De. that (Hebrew characters) is Aram. [Aramaic: **] (= (Hebrew characters)), 'water,' and that the word meant 'water (i.e. semen) of a father,' hardly deserves consideration.—38. (Hebrew characters)] G (Greek characters), (Greek characters), missing the significance of the (Hebrew characters) (v.s.).