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and the mention of Zoar in 30; and cf. (Symbol missingHebrew characters), 32. 34; with 73; and (Symbol missingHebrew characters), (Symbol missingHebrew 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 (Symbol missingHebrew characters), a possible variant of (Symbol missingHebrew characters), is named as a Ḥōrite (Troglodyte?) in 3620. 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.—(Symbol missingHebrew characters)] So in the Jewish marriage formula (Symbol missingHebrew 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).—(Symbol missingHebrew characters)] repeated in 34. 36, anticipating the etymology of 37.—33, 35. he knew not, etc.] still minimising Lot's culpability (cf. 3816ff.).—37. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] as if = (Symbol missingHebrew characters), from a (my?) father (v.i.).—38. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] not 'son of my people,' which would be


30 end] [E]GV + (Symbol missingHebrew characters).—31. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] in this sense only Dt. 255.—32. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] [E] (Symbol missingHebrew characters).—33. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] (so 35. 36; G-K. § 47 l.—(Symbol missingHebrew characters)] ([E] (Symbol missingHebrew characters)). On omission of art. with demonstr., see G-K. § 126 y; cf. 3016 3223 3821, 1 Sa. 1910.—(Symbol missingHebrew characters)] G + (Symbol missingGreek characters).—(Symbol missingHebrew characters)] 'Appungunt desuper, quasi incredibile'! (Je.). In reality the point probably marks a superfluous letter (cf. v.35).—34. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] G (Symbol missingHebrew characters).—37. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] G + (Symbol missingGreek characters), (Symbol missingGreek characters) (['](Symbol missingHebrew characters)). For the equivalence of (Symbol missingHebrew characters) and (Symbol missingHebrew characters), cf. Nu. 1126f. ((Symbol missingHebrew characters) = [E] (Symbol missingHebrew characters), G (Symbol missingGreek characters)), Jer. 4821 ((Symbol missingHebrew characters), Qr. = (Symbol missingHebrew 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 (Symbol missingHebrew 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 (Symbol missingHebrew characters) is Aram. [Aramaic: **] (= (Symbol missingHebrew characters)), 'water,' and that the word meant 'water (i.e. semen) of a father,' hardly deserves consideration.—38. (Symbol missingHebrew characters)] G (Symbol missingGreek characters), (Symbol missingGreek characters), missing the significance of the (Symbol missingHebrew characters) (v.s.).