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424 NQTICESoOiF BOOKS.
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The Ori Hebrew Proper Ginal Tex S Names ...
Hebron ¦ is- confederate , from ; the Hebrew , ' . verb : to _associate . Mr . Stanley " Hebronaccording * to Jewish traditionwas the
primeval says seat , of the vine , ; it was also the earliest seat of , civilized lifenot onlof Judahbut of Palestine . Its very name indicates
" communit , y y or society , . " It was the first home of the patriarchs . ; their one permanent restingr-place , when they were gradually
exchanging the pastoral for the agricultural life . " ' the Hebrew riverfrom means the , verb " he to who pass comes over ; from Heber beyond the ancestor / ' i . e . has of Abram passed ¦ *
having passed , , the Tigris . Adam is " red , clay , redxlish , " from the , verb to be redIn the rich Hebrew tongue there are two other
. titles for man ; one signifies " nobleman" or strong man , and the other mortal man . A similar difference exists between vir and homo
in Latin ; vir from vis , which means strength , _^ vigor , hence also virtus and our English word virtue . The Latin word homofrom
means hbmus , well the thus ground * , Beerah answers "is to " the excavator Hebrew '' Beer word -Elim Adam is the . , Beer well
of the might ; y ones , ; and Beersheba is well of , the oath , so called from the covenant between Abraham and Abimelech . Benjamin is _" son
of the right hand . " Baal is " lord , " i . e . possessor , from the verb to rule ; and all compounds of Baal express this icLea . The names both
of cities and of individuals were often compounded of Baal , as * Hasden _3 _«/( help of Baal )" y " H & irnioal ( grace of Baal ) " " _Jerrufe _/
( Baal will b , ehold . ) " These , compound , names show , their Punic , origin . Cain is " possession , acquisition , " from the verb to possess .
. " from When tEe Eye Lord broug . " ht Abel him is forth " breath , ' -. she exclaimed vanity" , from " Ihave the gotten verb to a man fade
KacHel means a , " ewe" and , the word , is derived from the verb away to . be gentle Sarah is ;* , ' princess , " from the verb to rule ,
to " Continual fight . Serap adoration him , Js " fiery the expression serpents , " of from the g the lowing verb 1 love to of burn the .
seraphim , while contemplation is the proper character of the Cherubim . "
- In the New Testament the names are equally , poetic and __ suggestive . - Cana in Galilee is " reedy , " from the . abundance of weeds
which grew in its vicinity ; Capernaum is" pretty village ; " Beth- _^ garden lehem , the at the " house foot of of the bread Mount ; " Gethsemahe of Olives ; is John " oil is -press " grace , _" being , " frpm - a
the verb to be gracious ; Nazareth , '" branch or fiower ; " Susanna ' , _•¦^/ alii . _-- ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ; : ¦ ¦ : _" _;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v ¦¦ : _- . ; - ¦— _¦/¦ . ¦ .. ¦¦ _- ¦ ¦
We y have quoted . . enoug .. h to show what ; a rich mine of poetical illustration lies in this book . Dean Trench has made familiar to us
tke " interest and significance of the study of language in a philblogical - sense ; has and sho how wn the us how the is history often tran of a _sfrised people by lie the s embedde j d in its
dialects _^ letter - spirit , which it sitel at y onc poetical e expresses nomenclature and preserves l of * the . _peopte And in this varied and exqixi of - ;
\ Judea Cthe ~ _^ land of praiise , " cwe all : have / our _^ ixi ] ie ]! dtance .. _;^ I _^ _-is
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 424, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/64/
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