KaTapaffSai Tii^a, Gen. V, 29. oiKTeipeii' uTTiJ Tuoe, Jer. xiii, 14. o'iKTeipeiv Tivii, Psa. iV, 2. ^etdeaiai ^lva, Job XVi, 5. iltetdtaiai Tin, Job vii, 11.
6. To these we may add :
The construction of lipxea^ai and similar verbs with the
infinitive, as a7rri\5e tpaitiv Kai TTieii/, Neh. viii, 12 ; KaT^/3n Xorn-ao-iai, Exod. ii, 5.
The vocative is expressed by the article, as <rw<r6v /xe 6 ecor uou, Psa. iii, 7
Ti'f is used as n relative, as fjijvov TorTo t6 inuTiov . . . ev Tin Koi/irii-i;(T6Tui, Kxod. xxii, 27; kui h^et rivot aurov i) oiKiu, Lev. xiv, 35.
Tlie relative is connected with idv, as wHv o-Ketoc uarpuKt-
vov ei9 o till/ Ttiar] utto toi'Twxi HvAov oaa tt'if ti/iui' t; uKiiSup- Tii fCTTai, Lev. XI, 33 ; ev u-^pw uv iav »;!■ fxel . . . Kui 6i(<o/iai oTi evil' f/, 1 Sam. XIX, 3 ; ilv^pwiro^ . . . Tin eay ij t»/ auTU /uui-
yuor, Lev. xxi, 17. '
The coimection with eu instead o/ei?, as iropeutronai kv itv- Kacf t^&ov, Isa. xxxviii, 10 ; ufei iv npiatt, Eccles. xii, 14.
The connection of infinitives, as eSp"" X''p"' e" o^3aA/io7r CTou Tof e7ri7i'uii/ai /ue, Kllth ii, 10 ; nuKi? a'vTn iy-^in- tov kutu- (jivye'iv ne exeT, Gen. xix, 20 ; ^7711701' at i,iJ.tpai 'lapai]\ tuv uTroS-ai/tii', xlvii, 29; earn toD tiktcii', xxix, 35; iiv avriov tiV i/7r<ipxoyTa troWit tov oixeii' ti/ja. XXXVi, 7; iifi/3\viiitiaai/ 01 u^Sta\iJLoi aVTOV toC opuK, XXvii, 1.
7. Very prominent also are the Egyptian vj-ords which we find in the Sept., and which betray the origin of the translation. The following are the most remarkable :
uXi(3-eia, truth, the rendering of Ci^n (Thummim, or perfections), in Exod. xxviii, 26; Lev. viii, 8; and Dent, xxxiii, 8. According to .lEliaii, iWij^eia was the name given to an imaj^e of sapphire stone, which was liung by a golden chain round the neck of the oldest and highest in rank of the Egyptian priests, who also lieid the ofBce of jndge. This was to denote the truth or justice with which lie was to decide the cases which were brought before him. Hence it is supposed that the use of it for the Thummi'm of the high-priest was derived; yet not without regard to the meaning of truth, as expressing the faithfulness and righteousness of God.
The word"A7Tif (Apix, the sacred bull of the Egyptians) occurs in Jer. xlvi [xxvi], 15; Aioti '4ipv^iv . . . "Ant'. 6 p.6<r- xoi 6 inXenTof aov ("Why is Apis, thy chosen calf, fled?"), where it is put as a paraphrase upon T"'"I"'2X, " thy val- iant ones," in the prophecy of the desolation of Egypt by the armies of Nebuchadnezzar.
apT((/in was a measure which is mentioned by Herodo- tus as being used iu Egypt and Persia. It is iJut for the "homer" in Isa. v, 10, and it also occurs in Dan. xiii, 3 (History of Bel and the Dragon).
axet, or axi, is au Egyptian word for the papyrus, or some other reed or growth of the marshe.«. It occurs both iu the Hebrew and Sept. of Gen. xli, 2; Isa. xix, 7, 8. It is also found in Ecchis. xl, 16.
7t'i'£o-ic, as applied to the "creation" of the world, was traced by Hody to Egyptian philosophy. But it seems rather to be derived from the m~bin, or genealogical narratives, of which the first book of the Peutatench is composed.
^r.jo9 was a drink made from barley in Egypt, mentioned by Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus. It is found iu the Sept. versiou of Isa. xix, 10, where it seems that "iZiy (strong drink) was read instead of iZ^iS (merchandise).
3-i;pa is found in Psa. cxxxii, 16, " I will abundantly bless her provision." Jerome said that it was an Egyptian word for corn; and Hesychins mentions u^npii as a decoction of milk and corn employed by the Egyptians — perhaps the medicine athara of which Pliny speaks. The Heb. ^^jI is, however, rendered jt;pa (venison) in Geu. xxv and xxvii.
iTtTToSpoMoc is used to denote a measurement of space iu Gen. XXXV, 19 ; xlviii, 7. Jerome seems to have beeu per- plexed liy its introduction in these passages. Hody con- jectures "that the use of the word was suggested by the hipi)odrome which was constructed by Ptolemy Lagns at Alexandria, and was the scene of the events recorded in the 3d book of Maccaliees. Thus the "hippodrome of Ephrath" signifies a certain distance from Bethlehem, which was nearly the interval between the goals of the Egyptian race-course.
The word ko'i/^u, used for a cup, in Gen. xliv, Isa. Ii, is of Persian origin.
K6avn/3oi, a head-band or fringed garment, the wearer of which is called Koavp.i3unw (Exod. xxviii ; Isa. iii), was au Egyptian ornament.
i-o/uik, iu Isa. xix, 2, is not to be read vouok, "law," but has the sense of "province," or "district," Esr.vpt being divided into vofxol, governed by vojju'ipxa-i, or piielects. Iu this sense it occurs in 1 Mace, x, 30.
O10I was supposed by Jerome to be the Hebrew ephah; but He.sychius states that it was an Egyptian measure containing four xoiViKec (Numb, xxviii, 5; Judg. vi, 19).
nrinetpo^, or 7r<'nriipo9, occurs in some of the Greek texts in Exod. ii, 3, the Egvpiian iiaper-reed, which was the ma- terial of the ark in which the parents of Moses conce.iled him. It was also called /ii/iXo?, and hence the "vessels of bulrushes" in Isa. xviii, 2 are called fTrio-ToAai /Si/SXivat.