The term "desert" is deployed with remarkable versatility in literature, simultaneously evoking stark physical landscapes and nuanced moral or relational states. In many works, it describes barren, uninhabited regions—a desolate land in antiquity or a vast, unforgiving terrain, as when vast areas of Judæa or Sinai are portrayed with a sense of isolation and severity [1], [2], [3]. At the same time, "desert" functions metaphorically to express abandonment or the idea of receiving what one rightly deserves, illustrated in notions of desertion by friends or the inward, moral desert that remains impervious to outside harm [4], [5], [6]. This dual usage enriches the text by linking the physical harshness of arid spaces to the complexities of human duty, betrayal, and justice.