0opuTttVaTu=Di?1P5, Lev. xxvi, 30.
xuXa?(i)Toc=Ti2, Gen. xxxi, 10.
\|<(;xiiju"=^nS0T3, Lev. xiii, 7, S.
.(L(r;Ma=nm^, Prov. xxvi, 28.
<iTo:^6T(;a)='"p'tXrT, Gen. iv, 23. Resides these words, the number of which could greatly be increased, there are peculiarities in the pronunciation of the Hebrew alphabet, especially of proper nouns. Thus X is pronounced like aspiritus lenis, but, when fol- lowed by an h, like a spiritus asper. Thus Hiy ?X is
", 5, 1 are like /3, 7, 3.
tl is mostly like a spiritus lenis, very seldom like a spi- riLus asper. ^ 1 is generally = u, ra.re\y — l3; thus np'^in = xat"^« ;
nin=xa/3,i. t isC, Tin=/3oreoc. M is geuerally=:x. often also=spiritus asper, as n^n
13 is T.
1 is I, but i before "I, as U'^^l^i'^—UpovaaXafJuu
3 is K and x-
0 is f, as 'Q'^0—^eS6|Jit], C)0*'='(of e^n?. SI is either spiritus lenis or asper, but omitted when in the middle of a word. S is TT and (p, as ']1T23'^S=?ri(jaii'; li'lS=i;>ouTiif.
::is<7.
p is K and x-
"n is p.
TI3 is ff, in a few cases like ?.
n is 3- and t. Some peculiarities may also be observed in the pronun- ciation of the vowels. Tims :
. . -. T f^re expressed by e and a.
=e, n, ct, at, €1. or '^ =1, e, I', 11, ei, o£. I or =M, o, ov. !) or ^o, V, a>.
It will be seen that no definite rules can be laid down. Thus 3."d"i3 isj(3ipff((0C, but D^^'2 is juf|Oir(//j; ; Cl^llliX is a(j(jvpioi, but C^piriD is Traipio^oi. The Versio Ve- neta does not comprise all the books of the Old Test., but only the Pentateuch, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ec- clesiastes, Lamentations, and Daniel. Gebhardt's Grce- cus Venetus contains in- the introduction all the neces- sary information, and whatever we read on this version in the so-called introductions to the Old Test, must be supplemented from the same. To give the reader an idea of this version, we subjoin the following specimens, placing in juxtaposition, by way of contrast, the same passages from the Sept. :
Ve7U'ta. Gen. ii, 4 sq. Septuagint.
4. Alii ■^t\i\i>iaei<; tov ovpavov Aiirn >'i /3<'/3\o9 fevtatto'; oupa- Kai TW 7')f t" TO) eKTiVSai vov Kai 7t)r. ot6 tytvero' t] iTtpe, ev I'l/uepa toD iroieii' t6i/ iifiipa tTToitiae Kvpioi 6 ©eor tii/Ta)T>;i/ Toc ireov yhv uvpa- tuv ovpavnv at ri,i> yiiv Kai
5. \'6v re, Kai ncivra xnpTOV tov irav x^oipo" "7poi' Tpo ToD ixfpov wpiv vvdp^etev kf rfi yeti^a^ai ewi rhy yii, Kai vdi/- iri, Kai vucrav /SoTavni/ tou tu xi'P'''°'' "7P"'' "■?" ''■'''' ""a- u7poL' TTptv (pi'deiev' ov ^iip reXXai,' ov '^ap 6(3pt^ev o Geo? e/^pefei' o uvTuirr]^ 6 ^eo? eni erri rijv 'ynv, Kai ai'^-pajTro? ovK tTj? 7rj?, Kai ai/^pa>7roc OVK rjv kpyd^eu^at avrtjv,
lie i!if ep7(iCo'TO ti/i/ 7tiK.
6. vc<p€\t\ d' uvalSaivoi irpov TltT^ri fie avefiatvev U Tijt yri9, Trf 7»ir Kat updot ^v^nav ro Kai eTrori^e niXv to trpotnaiTOV ■npiiainTTov ris tm, Ttfi 7»if.
YEXETO-GREEK VERSION V44 VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS
Dan
"1 .Be\r€<rafTap 6 /3aai\evf knot- tjarev ^trrtcKTtv ^ti'^tiXav rolct
TTiov TC Tibv X'^">>^ aKparov
2. lS€\T€tTa<T(ipo9 60a 6y yevaet Ttv uKpciru) fc^cyKetv 077^0 Tti XptJo^ea T« t' up^t'^ea, T«7rep €^i]f€yKe i-e^ovxadviO'i'tpo^ 6 Tt}va) ncnijp nori tw letf* T(u ev
aifToiv o /SaaiXcvK o'i t' avTW /it"7(CTTai'€?, ci uKOiTi? oi x^* •jraWaKu 01.
BaXraaup 6 /JactXeuc Inoir]- ae deinvov fxtya toI? ficvi- <rTd<Tiv avTov aidpcictv X'^'*^*^) Kai KaTt^vavTi rwv XiXioyv 6 oi- vos:., Kai TTivoiv. Ba\T('iaap einev ev rrj yevaet
70V o'tVOV,70V ifve'^KeiV TfC (TKCI'*!
Ta Xl-^vau Kui t(\ up-^vpH, a tfi;- xe'^Ke Sa/3ovxo6oi6aop 6 ttu-
T»;p avTov fK Tov vaov tov ti- 'iepovaaXijfJij Kat TTitrwaav ei- auToU- o /i(i<Ti\ci'9 Kai ot fie^f- (T7ait9 uwTor' Kai at TruXAuKai auTov Kat at TrapaKOfTOt auTor'.
(B. P.)
Veneto-Greek Vkusiox.
See Veneta Versio.
Venetus, tiEoucii, a Lutlieran theologian of Ger- many, was born at Vcneilig, in rnissia, whence he is also called Venediger. He studied at Konigsbcrg and Wit- tenberg; was promoted in 1550 as doctor of theology; and appointed in 1552 professor of theology at Konigs- berg. Hiing opposed to the doctrines of Osiander, he had to leave his professorship, and went to Rostock as professor of theology and pastor of St. Nicolaus. In 1558 he was made superintendent at Colberg, in Pome- rania; returned again, in 1567, to Prussia; was appoint- ed bishop of Pomezan; and died at his episcopal see in Liebenmiihl, Nov. 3, 1574. He wrote an exposition on the lipistle to the Komans in sermons, and a paraphrase on the Lord's Prayer. See Arnold, Historic der koniys- beTgischm Universitdt ; Freher, Theatrum Eruditorum ; Rollins, Bibliotheca Xobilium Theologoi-um ; Jocher, A II- gemeines Gekhrien-Lexikon, s. v. (13. P.)
Venezia, Lorexzo da, a Venetian painter of the 14th century, is commended by Zanetti for his altar- piece in the Church of St. Anthony of Castello, for which he was paid three hundred gold ducats. Lanzi attributes to him a fresco, representing Daniel in the Lion's Den, in the Church of Mezzaratta, near Bologna, which appears to have been completed about 1370. See Spooner, Biog. JJist. of the Fine A rts, s. v.
Veneziano, Agostino, a celebrated Italian en- graver, was born in Venice near the close of the 15th century. He studied with Marcantonio Rairaondi un- til the death of Raphael, in 1520, when he worked for himself. The large print of the Skeletons, or Barying- place, after Baccio Bandinelli, is his masterpiece. Among his other works are, The Israelites Gathering the Manna (Raphael) c—T/^e Four Evangelists, and a Nativity (after Julio Romano) : — Massacre oj the Inno- cents (Bandinelli): — The Last Supper (copied from a wood-cut of Albrecht Dtirer. Nothing is known of him after 1530.