naaTo<p6ptov is used in the Sept. for the cliambers and treasures adjoining the Temple inhabited by the priests and Levites (1 Chrou. ix, 26, 33 ; Ezek. xl, 18, etc.). The iracno<j><\poi are mentioned by Clemens Alexaudrinns as a class of priests among the Egyptians.
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'Pai^xii/, in Amos v, 20, was an Egyptian name for the sun- god, or the Iviug of lieaveu. It is put for "(T^S, Chiuu.
aiv6u)i', iu Judg. xiv, 12, 13, was a fringed garment of fine liueu which was made in Egypt.
CTTJ/Jii, or (TTi/iij, a darlc purple or hlack, with which the guilty city of Jerusalem anoints her face to conceal her deformity (Jer. iv, 30). This is traced to ajifinii, a word of Egyptian origin.
axolvo!:, in Psa. cxxxix, 2, "Thou hast searched my path," etc., was a word which, according to Herodotus, represent- ed a measure of space or distance of sixty stadia.
^oi'S-ofjKpaftjx, ill Gen. xli, 45, answers to the Heb. Zaph- nath Paaneah. The latter is supposed to be an Egyptian word, signifying "the food of the living;" but Josephus and Origen ascribed to it the sense of " discoverer of se- crets," or "one to whom the future is revealed." Hody supposed that '•l/ovbofiipaviix also had this sense iu the later Egyptian ; but Jerome explains it to be the "Saviour, or Deliverer, of the world."
8. Another feature of this version is the many He- brew and Chaldee expressions, as —
iln-0(«a, Jer. lii, 19.
iipiiiX, 1 Chron. xi, 22.
upiwi, 2 Kings iv, 39.
Aapo/u, Ezek. xs, 46.
'E(Tf(piii, 1 Chron. xxvi, IT.
fiaai^ein, Dan. xi, 3S. vaje/S, Ezelj. XX, 46. i/f/JeA, Hos. iii, 2. ouAuMoi'C, Gen. xxviii, 19. fuS^/jn', 1 Kings xix, 4.
^aKxwi', 1 Chron. xxviii, 11. o-a/JtK, Gen. xxii, 13. 'la/ue'i', Gen. xxxvi, 24. aoiiu, 1 Chron. xxix, 2.
'IcLfiel/i, Hos. v, 13. (piXXafi, 1 Sam. xxi, 2.
fxavaci, 2 Kings viii, 9. xa/Spa^d, Gen. xli, 7.
/uatr/iapm^, Jer. Ill, 19. x-^w') 2 Kiugs xi, 4.
/iaxfidp, 2 Kings viii, 15.
These and many more words must not be regarded, as has usually been the case, as a mark of ignorance of the Hebrew, Ijut as attempts to mix the vernacular with Hebrew expressions. Besides such Hebrew words, we find a great many Hebraisms, as Greek words with a Hebrew signification, Greek words in Hebrew construc- tions, Hebrew constructions, etc. — too many to be enu- merated.
9. Another peculiarity of the Alexandrian version is that the same word is differently translated, not only in different books, but also in the same Ijook. This point is the more important, as it evidently shows that the diflferent books must have had different translators. A comparison of the Pentateuch with the book of Joshua will prove this beyond a shadow of doubt.
A. Verbs.
T^n, to desire, Exod. xx, 17; Dent, v, IS ; vii, 25, etriiv- ixetti Ti or Tii-or (Exod. xxxiv, 24) ; but Josh, vii, 21, ev^v/xoZ-
liai Tixos.
"iSn, to explore, Dent, i, 22, itpodevai ; Josh, ii, 23, Karao-Ko-
bnii, Exod. xii, 22 ; Lev. iv, 6, 17 ; xix, 9 ; xiv, 6, 16, 51 ; Numb, xix, 18; Deut. xxxiii, 24; Josh, iii, 15, fidvTw: but Gen. xxxvii, 31, fioXOvo).
Izb, to storm : 1. Xa/i/Scinen', Josh, viii, 21 ; x, 1, 2S, 32, 35, .39; xi, 12, IT; Numb, xxxii, 39, 41, 4'2. 2. KaTaXa/ifinne,,,, Josh, viii, 19; xi, 10. 3. KaTaXa/j/SHi-co-S-ai, Numb, xxi, 32. 4. KpareTv, Deut. ii, 34; iii, 4. 5. Kvpceueii', Josh, xv, 16.
J'DD, to break up, to move on: 1. uwaipu), Gen. xii, 9 ; xiii, 11 ; xxxiii, 12, 17 ; xxxv, 16 ; xxxvii, 17 ; xlvi, 1 ; Exod. xii, 37 ; xvi, 1 ; xvii, 1 ; xix, 2 ; Numb, ix, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23; xiv, 25; XX, 22; xxi, 4, 10, 12, 13; xxii, 1; xxxiii, 3. 7, S, 9, 10 sq. ; Deut. i, 7, 19 ; ii, 1, 24 ; x, G, 7, 11 ; Josh, iii, 1, 3, 14 ; ix, IT. 2. efciipo). Gen. xxxv, 5: Exod. xiii, 20; Numb, i, 51; ii, 9, 16, 17,24,31,34; iv,.5, 15; ix, 19; X, 5, 6, 17,21,22, 25, 2S, 29, 33, 34, 35 ; xi. 35; xii, 15 ; xiii, 1 ; xxi, 11. 3. aipo). Numb, ii, 17, and ibid, tfa/pw. 4. aTparoiredtrui, Gen. xii, 9; Exod. xiv, 10; Deut. i, 40. 5. kihho. Gen. xi, 2; xx, 1.
6. n-poTTopeilofiai, Numb. X, 33. 7. uval^iiiiiivfit, Exod. xvi, 15 ; xl, 36, 37.
These few examples may suffice.
B. Nouns.
bilH, a tent: 1. <rKni"7, Gen. iv, 20; xii, S; xiii, 3, 5; xviii, 1,2,6,9,10; xxvi, 25; xxxi, 25; xxxiii, 19; Exod. xxxiii,
7, 8, 10 ; Numb, xvi, 26, 27 ; Deut. i, 27 ; xi, 6 ; Josh, vii, 21, 22, 23, 24. 2. <TK>;i.w/iu, Deut. xxxiii, 18; Josh, iii, 14. 3. 01K09, Gen. ix, 27; xxiv, 67; xxxi, 33; Josh, xxii, 4, 7, 8.
4. o'lKia, Gen. xxv, 27. 5. avaKi.viov, Exod. xvi, 16.
qii is, 1. vatbia, Gen. xiv, 19; Numb, xiv, 3, 31 ; Deut.
i, 39; iii, 6; Josh, i, 14. 2. Ttum, Deut. ii, 34; iii, 19. 3. HfKova, Deut. xxix, 11; xxxi, 12. 4. avy^tvaa, Gen. 1, 8.
5. oiKiai, Gen. 1, 21. 6. airoc-Kevn, Gen. xxxiv, 29; xliii, 7; xlvi, 5; Exod. X, 10, 24; xii, 37: Nnmb. xvi, 2T; x.xxi, 9; xxxii, 17,24,20; Deut. xx, 14. T. u)ro<7K£i/ui, Numb, xxxii, 16.