The Hebrew verb used for Lot's wife "looking" back is {{Script/Hebrewlang|he|תבט}},''({{transl|he|tāḇeṭ''}}). Her looking back at Sodom differs in word usage from Abraham "looking" ({{Script/Hebrewlang|he|שקף}},''{{transl|he|šāqap''}}) toward Sodom in (18:16).<ref name=Hamilton>{{cite book |last=Hamilton |first=Victor P. |chapter=looking (back) |title=The Book of Genesis: Chapters 18-50 (Google eBook) |year=1995 |publisher=[[Eerdmans]] |location=Grand Rapids Michigan |isbn=9780802823090 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zlQ4chBCC5oC&q=%22looking+%28back%29%22&pg=PA49 |page=49 |edition=2nd.}}</ref>{{rp|49}}
