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Itch (0"in, che'res, from CHH, to scratch and to bum), an iiitlammatory irritation of the skin, tlireatoned to the Israelites as an infliction in case of idolatry (I)eiit. xxviii, 27) ; probably some cutaneous or eruptive disor- der common in Egypt, but of what peculiar character is uncertain, if, indeed, any peculiar malady is intended. See DisKASE.
Ith, Joii.vxN, a German theologian and philosopher of some note, was born at Berne, Switzerland, in 1747. In 1781 he was appointed to the chair of i)hilosophy at the university of his native place, where he had also pursued his studies, but in 179G he entered the ministry, and settled at Siselen, where he lived until 1790, when he was elected dean and president of the committee of education and religion in the canton of Berne. He died in 1813. Besides a number of iihilosophical, philolog- ical, pasdogogical, and even homilctical works, he wrote Versuch einer Anthropologie oder Philosop/de der Men- schen (Berne, 1794-5, 2 vols.; new edit. 1803 sq.), which is a very valuable work : — Verhdltni'tse d. iSfaafs z. Re- ligion u. Kirche. (ibid. 1798, 8vo) : — Sitterdehre der Bra- mineri (ibid. 1794, 8vo), really a reproduction of his translation of Ezour-Vidum, an old Hindu work on mor- als and religion. See Krug, Philos. Wdrkrbucli, ii, 558. (J. H.W.)
Ithacius. See Idacius.
Ith'ai (1 Chron. xi, 31). See Ittai.
Ith'amar (Heb. Ithamar', ^i2T\'''!^, palm-isle ; but according to Fiirst, not high, i. e. little; Sept. 'iSiajiao ; Josephus '\5iu^iapoQ, Ant. viii, 1, 3), the fourth and youngest son of Aaron (1 Chron. vi, 3). B.C. 1658. He was consecrated to the priesthood along with his broth- ers (Exod. vi, 23 ; Numb, iii, 2, 3) ; and after the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. x, 1 sq.), as they left no children, he and Eleazar alone remained to discharge the priestly functions (Lev. X, 6, 12 ; Numb, iii, 4; xxvi, 60 sq. ; 1 .Chron. xxiv, 2). Nothing is individually re- corded of him, except that the property of the taberna- cle was placed under his charge (Exod. xxxviii, 21), and that he superintended all matters connected with its removal by the Levitical sections of Gershon and Merari (Numb, iv, 28). The sacred utensils and their removal were intrusted to his elder brother Eleazar, whose family was larger than that of Ithamar (I Chron. xxiv, 4). Ithamar, with his descendants, occupied the position of common priests till the high-priesthood pass- ed into his family in the person of Eh, under circum- stances of which we are ignorant. See Eli. Abiathar, whom Solomon deposed, was the last high-priest of that line, and the pontificate then reverted to the elder line of Eleazar in the person of Zadok (1 Kings ii, 27). See Hic;n-PKiE,ST. The traditionary tomb of Ithamar is still shown near that of his brother Eleazar in the hill of Phinehas (Schwarz, Palest, p. 151). A priest by the name of Daniel, of his posterity, returned from Babylon (Ezra viii, 2 ; 1 Esdr. viii, 29).
Ith'iel (Heb. Ithiel', ^X'^r.iX, for bx "itlX, God with me, or, according to Fiirst, the iiroperty of God; Sept. Ai^(/';\,Yidg. Etheel; but in Prov. xxxi, 1, both translate ol TrixTTivov-ec Sfp, cum quo est Deus and Beo secum morante), the name of two men.
1. A person mentioned along with Ucal in Prov. XXX, 1, apparently as one to whom the " words of Agur's prophecy" had been addressed. B.C. perhaps cir. 990. See Agur. Gesenius (Thesmir. Heb. p. 88) thniks that Ithiel and Ucal were the children or disciples of Agur, to whom he inscribed his aphorisms ; others regard both words as appellatives, and render the whole clause as follows: "Thus spake the man: / have toiled for God, I have toiled for God, and have ceased" (see Stuart's Comment, ad loc).
2. The son of Jesaiah and father of Maaseiah, a Ben- jamite, one of whose posterity returned with a party from Babylon (Neh. xi, 7). B.C. long ante 536.
Ith'mah (Heb. Yithnah', ^'CT}'^, orphanage; Sept. 'Jfjfiiu'O, a ;Moal)ite, and one of David's supplementary body-guard (I Chron. xi, 4G). B.C. 1046. See Davii").
Ith'nan (Heb. Yithnan', 'Sf^l'' bestowed, otherwise distance ; Sept. 'IBvciv [but the Vat. MS. joins it to the preceding word, 'Aaoptiovdu, and the Alex, to the fol- lowing, 'l3'va^i0],Viilg. Jethiuim), one of the cities in the south of Judah, mentioned between Ilazor and Ziph (Josh. XV, 23) ; perhaps lying along the southern edge of the highland district. It caunt)t well have been the Jedna of the Onomasticon (^ItCvd, the modern Idhna), for this is in the mountains west of Hebron (see Keil's Comment, ad loc). The enumeration in ver. 32 requires us to join this with the following (there being no copula between), Ithnan-Zijih, i. e. Zephath (q. v.). See Jf- uah.
Ith'ra (Ileb. Yithra', X'^r% excellence; Sept. 'If- Sfp, Vulg. Jetra), an Israelite (probably an error of tran- scription [see Thenius, Comment, ad loc] ; a Jezreelite, according to the Sept. and Vulg. ; but [more correctly] an Ishmaelite, according to 1 Chron. ii, 17), and father of Amasa (David's general) by Abigail, David's sister (1 Kings ii, 5) ; elsewhere called Jether (2 Sam. xvii, 25). B.C. ante 1023.
Ith'raii (Heb. Yithran','^''\T\';, excellent), the name of one or two men.
1. (Sept. 'l^pdv, 'It^pdv ; Vulg. Jethram, Jethran.) One of the sons of Dislion, and grandson of Seir the Horite (Gen. xxxvi, 26 ; 1 Chron. i, 41). B.C. cir. 1964.