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Commentary for Genesis 19:6

וַיֵּצֵ֧א אֲלֵהֶ֛ם ל֖וֹט הַפֶּ֑תְחָה וְהַדֶּ֖לֶת סָגַ֥ר אַחֲרָֽיו׃

And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

Radak on Genesis

ויצא....סגר אחריו, either the person within the house locked the door from the inside, or Lot locked the door from the outside.
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Rav Hirsch on Torah

דלת, Wurzel דלה schöpfen, die Türe schöpft ein und aus (s. K. 6, Raw Hirsch on Genesis 19: 10).
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