ṣōʿar צֹ֫עַר ‘Zoar’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from ṣāʿar צָעַר ‘be little’
Roots: צער

ṣōʿar pr n loc
Zoar = "insignificance"
1) a city at the southeast end of the Dead Sea grouped with Sodom and Gomorrah as being one of the 5 cities slated for destruction by God; spared at Lot's plea as his place of refuge