to fret.
836. ijrr* «^a// not hurt. It is the 3d pers. m. plur. fut. Kal Qipta
destroy or break. Vide num. 183.
837. yrcnvt and shall not cause destruction. It is tte ,3d pers..Diasc.
plur. fut. Hiph. of nne^ to mar^ or destroy.
838. in a mountain. A noun from mn to swell. TTl a high mo«fl-
tain. Vide num. 606.
839. D^3DD artf coi/mw^, that is, ctruer. Pait. Ben* Hiph. in ^
phir. agreeing with b'D, from nOD ?o coxier. The n final is drq^<J
before a servile. Rule 102. And ^ before n final is sometimes oiii^
in verbs Lamed He. Vide rule 103, and its note.
840. Kinn that, n emphat. Rule 150, and Kin he, she it, a pron.
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8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the
weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' (or adder's) den.
f 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover
the seai
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, whiph shall stand
for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiks seek; and his rest
shall be glorious.
Rule 32. But hero, it is demonMrative, not piimitive. Rule 29* From
Kin 10 be.
841. ^r^^ standings that is, shall be. Part, fien. Kal. "I omitted by
rule 78. Some manuscripts have iDi;^. Of the verb IDjr to stand,
842. O^hfbr a standard, hfor. D3 an ensign^ a Jlight^ as a noun, but
as a verb, to glitter^ tojlee away.
843. D*U the nations. Plur. of U a society ^ a body, or of "U. Vide
num. 426.
844. WIT shall seeki It is the third pers. masc. plur. fut. Kal of
em to inquire ofj or after.
845. nn'^ni and his rest shall be. It is the 3d pers. fern. sing. pret.
Kal of n*n to be, n final being changed ihto n before n servile. Vide
rules 102, 103. The ) is conversive. Vide the note to num. 19.
846. inmo his resty or oblation, ) his. Rule 39. nnJD in construction
before 1. Rule 24. The noun is nn3D which is often rendered by
offering, and oblation^ but most frequently by meatofferings and some-
times by the word sacrifice. T\iO is of the same signification and per-
haps the root. I take the word nnJD, when it signifies rest, which is
much less frequent, to be a participial noun from HJ (or nu, which is.
the same) and so to be radically distinct from the former.
But the Septuagint have rendered this word etfetxetwiq, and they
faa've been generally followed; yet the Vulgate has it sefiulchrum, and
(Jattaker says that several of the ancients agree with this. The reader
must decide for himself, remembering that Rcfci xv. 12 is a New
Testament authority for applying this prophecy to Christ.
847. 1133 glory^ or glorious. From 133 to honour, also glory. The
V after the second radical is a participial formative, giving it some-
thing of the force of the past tense. Vide rule 159. Then it will bci
« And his sacrifice shall be honoured, or held in estimation.**
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ISAIAH XXXV.
851 «j3n^ 853 mfln 853 rrifi 854 ;nSy3nD ?53 rnsm 2
134 ^ni 857 piaSn ^^r -n^D 856 p*»T 351 nSu 855 ^^
862^t{"y86inan8^pntpm«59 Vanphg^s'i^n ^^^^nV
848. DWIP^ shali be glad. WjST' is the 3d pers. m. plur. fut. Kal of
W\tf t9 rejoice. Vide rule 98. for the omission of a middle 1, which
some manuscripts hav(p here. D is the pronominal suffix, rule 40,/or
them^ that is, for the judgments denounced in the former chapter.
^me suppose the D to be a mistake in transcribing; others, that it
is merely paragogic> since no respect to it seems to have been paid
by the Septuagint, Vulgate, &c. Montanus nevertheless has gaudc-
bunt in eia\ it was defective only in one of Kennicott's codices, viz.
in No. 321. j
849. "mD the wilderness, A noun. D formative, and "Un to drive or
lead; a place to which cattle are led to feed.
850. n"*V a desert. A noun, plur. nV2f and D*^ dry filaces. ""^a ship)
plur. O"*!?. ]Vy a dry filace^ mount Zion.
851. Sam and shall rejoice. 1 conjunct. San is the 3d pers. fem. sing,
fut. Kal of S:i to roU^ or exult. It agrees with nanjr. Hence Su, Vj,
and fem. nSu and nSu extUtation. Rule 193.
852. TOTi^ a desert^ or lonely jilace, A noun fem. from mj; the even-
ing^ or to mix. Postea n3"U?3 in the desert.
853. maniawrf shall flourish. 1 conjunctive. n*lfin is the 3d pers.
fem. sing. fut. Kal of n'^S to sfiroutj or blossom, nnan XT\Q flourishing
it shall flourish. Pai|. Ben. Kal, arid 3d pers. fem. sing. fut. Kal. Vide
jium. 21 1. 214, and rule 143. Multiplying^ I will multifily. Blessings
* Dr. Lowth observes, that nine manuscnpts read ']h to thee. It is
true that nine of Kennicott's codices so read it, and there may be now
added five others of De Rossi, but they are still a small minority, an<i
also plainly contrary to the sense of the passage.
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ISAIAH XXXV.
1 THE^ wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them:
and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. .
2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing;
the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel
and Sharon: they shall see tfie glory of the Lord, and the excellency
of our God.
*■
I will blesB. JEating'f thou shalt eat. Dyings thou ahalt die. This man-
ner of expression denotes certainty or continuance.
854. nSv3nD aa the rose. 3 aa. Rule 173. nSvan occurs only in this
place and in C^tlt. ii. 1. Perhaps from nan to Iddcy and Slf ahadcy or
^V]^ a bell. It has been taken for the rose budy for the lily^ and for
the narcissus,
855. '\A even, A particle denoting earnestness. As a noun, anger^
heaty the nose. From nSK to heat. Vide num. 258.
856. pni and rejoicing, 1 and, pi is the infinit. of Kal, by rule 140,
used as a noun. Or it is the part. Ben. Kal. Vide num. 19.
857. juriSn Lebanon. T\ emphatic. |U3b, a mountain in Syria, so
called from its snow. The root is pS to be white^
858. mn the ornament y beauty y or excellency. A noun from the root
*nn to decorate,
859. Sn'tJn Carmel, n emphatic. Sdid the name of a city and moun-
tain; 9\^Q a fruitful Jield, Perhaps from rpJD to cut y and vhi^ to Jill,
There were two hills particularly of this name, but any fruitfiil bill
was a Carmel.
860. \rW7}!\ and Sharon. ) and, n emphat. jl'Tlsr a fruitful filaiuy from
TTier to dischargcy or "^US^ to behold. Several places in Canaan were
called by the name Sharon.
861. non they. This is a primitive pronoim masculine of the third
person, and plural. Vide rule S2.f\y^ the desert seems to be the ante-
cedent, and figuratively used for men; wherefore the pronoun is here
put in the masculine and plural.
862. iK-»^ shall see. For in>n% n being dropped before a servile. H.
102. It is the 3d pcrs. masc. plur, fqt. Kal of nni.
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352 B^^t 864iptn863 tTi^nSX 858 Tjn I54}tjn*«47 T113 ^
8^9 TiDte 868 :ixDK 867 niStt^a 866 Qtarini 865 rnm *
133 Hjn 873 l^-ltn 47 S« 8^2 -jptn 871 1^ 870 ^HDiV
192 tJVl 3 D^n^K 876 «Jia;| 875 ^^y 874 ©pi 863 tDD*nS«
^267 ^yy 879 runpfin 878 tM ^''^ :D3yBn 8^^ wa*
878 |J« 883 jj^^pifian 882 p^tTin 881 »jt«1 8«0 tSmV
[♦ 5
863. W^hSk OMr Got/. 7l*W in construction fop DTlSk. Rule 24, 25.
U a pronominal suffix, plur. 1st pers. Rule 35. So it is used with D^
your. Vide rule 37.
864. 1pm ttrengthen ye. It is the 2d pers. masc. plur. imperat. Kal
of pm to make atrong.
865. ni31 toeak. It is the plur. of 7)Q^feeblei an adjective from TiBT)
to relax. How put with ,0"!' vide rule 114. It is probable that the
fern, is here twice joined with masculines to express more effective*
ly the diminution of strength, as a masculine adjective is used with
a fem. noun to augment the force of the former. Vide p. 23, 24, n.
866. D01D1 and the knees, ) and, ys'i to kneel Hence as a noun,
the kneey plur. DO*^3 the knees,
867. niSra tottering, Sm to totter. Hence the adjective, op rather
part. Ben. Kal, nSai^, and rejecting 1 by rule 78, n^M plur. niWa
For the use of the fem. here, see num. 865.
868. i2fD« make strong. It is the second pers. plur. masc. imperat
Kal of yOK to invigorate.
869. nD^( say ye. It is the 2d pers. masc. plur. imperat. Kal of *^?3K*
Vide num. 19.
870. ""^nDjS to the hastened of. S to. Rule 175. nriDl is the particip.
Ben. Niphal, plur. in regim. of inD to hasten,
871. dS heart. The same as ^J}*?,. which is from 33^ to movcy or
toss. dS Sj? "lai to speak comfortably. *
871. ipm be strong. It is the 2d pers. masc. plur. imperat. Kal of
pTH to be strong. It is used in the Niphal sense.
873. \\XVr)fear. It is the second pers. masc. plur. imper. Kal of
6iT to fear, n is prefixed to the imper. of verbs defective iA Pe Yod,
tide rule 89.
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S Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: be-
hold, yott? God win come vtith vengeance, even C|k)d with a recota-
pense; he will come and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears bf the
deaf ghall be unstopped.
u : .^ ,. - ' ^ —i
874. Bp3 taking vengeance. It is the participle Ben. Kal of ap3 to
atenge. Vide rules 95 and 78, It is regularly Niphal, as the future in
dus of the Latins, to be avenged,
875. wy or «T shall come. Rule 98^. It is the Sd pers. masc. sing,
fut. Kal of K3 to come J or go.
876. hh} recomfienaed. It may be the p^rticip. Paoul masc,
sing. Kal ofSoj. See note on rule 71.
877. DDjTB^^I and save you. ) andj conjunct. D3 you. Rule 37.;riy^ to
save. It is the 3d pers. masc. sing. fut. Kal. Rule 90.
878. TN the7i, A particle. Also wow, immediately. TND or TK \n/rom
that time.
879. njnpsn shall be ofiened. It is the third pers. fern. plur. fut,
Niphal of npD to ofien. Vide num. 280.
880. bnv blind. A noun plur. of "^i;?. When it agrees with pTjr ,
not in regim. the sense is different; thus nnij? U'Ty is blind eyes,
881. "•3TK1 ancf the ears. 1 and. '»a?K is in regim. plur. of j?N the ear^ ,
which signifies as a verb, to weigh. The old granimars make a dual of
feminines by adding D% and n where it is final is changed into n.
Natural pairs, though they have the plural in D% are generally femi-
nine. There are so many exceptions to the rules for genders drawn
from the termination, that a modern grammar makes nouns in D'
plur. of the first, and in ni of the second declension. Nouns which de-
note females, also names of places, cities, countries, Sec. and of na-
tural pairs, as eyes, ears, &c. together with those which end in n or
n are for the most part feminine, all others are generally of the mas-
culine giender; except niDK yarAcrfi, D'•B^3 women^ D'lyilSa concubines^
lrtn*> ewesj Uc.
882. D^Cfln the deaf. Plur. of mn deaf a noun. As a verb to be
decf^ OP to devise secretly.
883. nannsn shall be ofiened. It is the 3d pers. fern. plur. fut. Ni-
phal of nna to ofien^ OP loose.
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715 ptJ^«7 886 pni 885 HDA '406 ^^6 '88^ Sh^
18 B^O 366 •lanai 888 lyp^ 25 ^ 887 l^hH
8^1 Dj«b 890 y^tffn 20 n^m 852 :nanw 889 otSroi
895 C3»jn 894 nm 18 d»d 893 tjnnDS 892 p^ajn
190 Btj; 343 n>pn 899 :«Di1 8^8 nipV 897 ^^^ 896 n^a*) 8
243 jnp^ 499 tj^n 548 -pTl ' ^48 -p^l ^^O Sl^DO
884. jVy' «Aa// /^a/t. It is the 3d pers. masc. sing, fut Kal of iSl to
leafij or bound.
885. nOfi (he lame man. Also the /laaaeverj the fiaachal lambf the fiat'
cfialfeaat. As a verb> to fiaaa or leap over, • '
886. \n\ and shall move freely^ says Parkhurst) following the Sep-
tuagint and Vulgate; thus the root is p, and it is the 3d pers. fern,
sing. fut. Kal. But it will be, shall sing, if it be for \nn from jr to
»ngy or rejoice. Num. 856. Yet ]il, though it occurs more than fif^
times, does not in any instance, except this be one, drop its final |)
unless a servile follow, and is theref<H*e scarcely an exception from
rule 105.
887. dS( the dumb, A noun from dSk to cbmfireaa. Also a aheqfj an
archj a band qfmen.
888. Ijfp^J have been broken forth. It is the 3d pera. masc. plur.
indie. Niphal of j^3 to bursty or divide.
&89. wht)}) and atr earns. 1 and, Plur. of Vl3 a torrent^ or valky)
from 3 formative. Rule 184, and Sn to pierce. Or perhaps Taylor is
right, who supposes it the same with SnJ to poaaeaay but in a diffemt
sense.
890. yWk\ the parched ground, n emphat. Tm occurs but in I^a*
xlix. 10, besides this place; it comes probably from ^^ to bum^ :)aiKi
f\ being both labials, and letters of the same organ are scmietijiies
thus substituted.
891. U^nhfor a pool. hfor. W^ a pond. M formative, rule 147, and
DA a particle signifying abundance^ moreover^ alaoj evenj repeatedly 4i«
well aa.
♦ One 'yyw only is found in the Syriac, in sixteen of Kennicotl's,
and two of De Rossi's codices.
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6 then 9h$n the knde i^ii leap a6 an hare, 9tA tfte toBg&e of the
dumb aing; foria the wildemest shall waters break oat» and streasos
in the desert. '
7 And the parched ground shall become a pool> and the thirsty
land spiiiigs of water; m the habitidon of dragons, where each lay^
shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 And aft highway* shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called
■ * lili< I .1 » i M I II I T I i J i I - I II— Jfc.—;.!,!! II ■ Til l III l lf i t i^i II ffl ll MH
892. pKD]n and thirsty ground. 1 and. |lKDy is a noun from Moy tQ
I thirsty thirety^ thirst. Vide rule 186.
893. y)Mh /or sfirings. hfor. Rule 175. jnm a fountain. Here It
isplor. in ragim. From j;:}J to gush. Rule 178, for D formative.
894. mJD in the habitation of. D in. niJ masc. a house^foldy stable^ den.
Asfk verb, to reside. Not changed in regimine. Rule 25.
895. tr^ dragons. Plur. of {n a serfientf a vifier, from rUA to hiss,
<ran is also sing, from (n and D"" a sea^dragon.
896. Tvtyy the resting fllace of each, n is the pronominal suffix, and
py a noun, according to our translation. The Vulgate has, << In cu-
IQibtts, in quibus dracones habitabiEuit, orietur viror calami et junci.**
The Septuagint, ^^ Etut $v^»rvfn •c^p, wavXm xmXafia %at 1X4."
^ The ree<fy beds and the pools there wiU be the joy of birds/' (Mr.
Thompson.) Dr. Lowth has,
<< And in the haunt of dragons shall sfinng/orth^
*^ The grass, with the reed and the bulrush.'*
Dr. Kennicott's first codex had at first DXll, but the authority &r
any change of the letters or words is too weak.
I would propose only to join the n with the next word, and it will
read thus, mJ3 in the habitation ofty^n ierfients yy^ hath lain (that is
ihall He) y^nn the grass HJpS instead ^f the cane HOX) and bulrush. For
this sei^se of pn see Gea. xMx. 35, and Isa. lir. 11.
897. TOT grass. As a verb, to surround; also a courts which was
surrounded by the house, and covered with grass.
898. nipS/or the cane. h/or. Rule 175. nip reed^ or coney from HJp
^ measure^ the cane being used for this purpose.
899. KDJI1 and bulrush. \ and. M3a the £gyfitian reed. Job viii. 1 1. It
grew in mud and water. MDJ to absorb.
900. Sl^ a Inghway. A participial noun from SSd to rme very
high. The root is^ to raise ufi. Rules l59? 178.
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d03 ^oV 1^2 Kim ^02 HDD '^01 liiiy* ^^^ t*^ ^^'^ n*>
159 «s 906 nyn^ ^59 N^ 905 D^Vnw s^s -pn 9u4 •^Sn «
908 ^2 1^* niTi 907 ynfii 458 jTiK 190 C3{jf 342 }-|»rr
$75 -oSni 190 tD«^ 910 Kvon 159 tt*? 909 HiVv*
914 IKai 913 pati^ 154 nin^ 912 ♦♦l^fiT 911 jnD^V.feti 1<^
1 Dtwn '3 Vy 9ir o«jij; 916 npiDttfi 9i5 rii^a ^05 p^i{.
901. WIDj^^ «/mi// notyi«M or^ it. U «V. Vide rule 39. "^^j;" is the 34
jpcrs. m. sing. fut. Kal of IDjr toftaBs over.
902. |<D0 the fioUuied. A noun masc. signifying an unclean or fe/wre
person. From «D0 tofiollute.
903. loS/or Mo«e. S the same as Sk ^o,/or, &c. Rule 175. ID themy
thoacj a pronominal suffix. Rule 40.
904. iSn walkings yn "fm he that walketk the way. It is the par-
ticiple Ben. Kal. Vide rule 78. num. 375.
905. D''SlW though fooU. y though. 1 is conjunctive, and, a/«o, Uker
Vfise^ thus; adversitivc, but^ nowy though; causal, wherefore^ therejbre^
since; disjunctive, or^ tither; negative, neither^ nor; when it foUova
j^K kS, &c. and, in some instances*, of rime, nov)^ then, when. D'*S"'W i»
the plur. of S'lK stufiidf/bolishf from Six grossness of body or mind.
906. i;?n' shall not err. It is the 3d pers. m. plur. fut. Kal of npi
to err. T\ is dropped before the servile 1 by rule 102.
907. \^^*lfl1 and the ravenous of. 1 and. ^^^ a robbery an aasailant^
from pfl to break through. '* The tyrant of beasts." Lowth.
908. S3 not. From hSd ^o wear away. So {"K nor, from pi« vamty}
and «S no/, from HkS /o ^'w^* ro nought.
^09. mSp^ shall ascend ufion it. nXiV, pron. suff. fem. Rule 39. V*
for nS;>^. Rule 102. It is the 3d pers. m. sing. fut. Kal of nSx? to oi-
ctnC.
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the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it 9AaU be
for those; the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein,
9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up there-
on, it shall not be found there: but the redeemed shall walk there.
10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to SSion
910. KVOn ahall be found. It is the 3d pers. fem. sing, fut Kal of
VCi'QioJind. Perhaps HTl understood is the noun with whichit agrees; yet
the ag^ement in gender is not universal. Vide the note to num. 11 4.
Mr. Caddick observes that << When two substantives are in regimen,
the adjective belonging to the one sometimes agrees with the other/*
This seems here to take place with respect to the verb.
911. D^SlKJi the redeemed. It is the participle Paoul masc. plur. of
the verb Sio to redeem. It is used as a noun. Rule 71, n. and 159.
919. ^*il)1 and the ransomed of. 1 and. ^ni) is in regimine fior CP^Hd
which is the plural masc. part. Paoul of ms tq rescue from evil,, The
sing, is Tifi instead of nnd. Vide rule 103.
913. p^er BhaU return. \ paragogic. MW is the 3d pers. masc. plur.
fnuYLsloi^ to return.
914. HOI and ahaU come. ) convers. Num. 19. n. tlO is the 3d pers.
masc. plur. pret Kal of lO to eome^ or go.
915. nro ttfith exultation. 3 with. HD a noun fem. a ahoutingy from
p to leafiforjoy.
91$. rstxem and mth the Joy 6f. 1 and. HTOBr ii| regimine, from
rtnoffjoy, a noun fem. from nOBr to rejoice. The joy qf eternity is well
rendered by Dr« Loyrthffierfietual gladness.
9 IT. 0*7lj^ eternity. A noun from oV to conceal Eternity whether
past or future is hidden from man. Vide num. 354.
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918. t^Wyoy. A noun from vno to ke f:hferfuL
919. rxftsm and giadneaa. 1 and. rmw is a noun fcm. from noar ^o
rejoice.
9t0. ^XW they a/tall obtain. It is the 3d pers. plur^ mjisc. fut. Higb.
of At?3 to attain to. Being a verb in Pe Nun^ it drops its first radical
in the future^ Vide rules 94, 95.
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with songs, and everlasting J07 Upon their heads: they shall obtain
joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
921. 1031 and shall ^ee away, A oonvets. 103 is the third pers. plat,
masc. pret. c^Kal of W tojlee cfwiv* Though a verb in Pe Nun, itist.
here regular. Vide rule 86.
9^2. fU* sorrow. A noun^om m^ to grieve.
923. rmwi and sighing. 1 and. nriJtc sighing^ a noun fern, from h3K
to groan.
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A Table ofnndlar Words f fuhich the learner may eniarge at his
pleasure.
rDK he was wilUng*
nSK the point qfa svford,
rme to crop.
IT1K a way.
XVXy he ate,
ma hejled.
11 oppressed.
Sn beaten small,
§VSn these.
riDH the sun^
in echo.
in one.
'7} alas.
1f1 he Kved.
in strike thou.
ph a statute.
on them.
xm hot.
ODn tribute, n and pD.
ODn violence.
p behold.
jn ^ocf .
m a mountain.
m a Ao/f •
to Afre.
na/toiver.
to /o number.
ttrp stubble.
*Calamb.
ycold.
ao ^0 surround.
W to return.
ID #0 depart.
W a prince.
no /Af mouth.
no tf «narf .
«1X1 /o accept.
tvrytokiii.
ytt a he^e.
p9 a aocXr.
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LEST tihe transition from the use of the preceding
helps to the s^ole aid of the lexicon and grammar should
be thought too sudden, I have determined to furnish the
leamemirith the roots Of the words of a few chapters; in
passing through which he will have need only to recur to
his grammar, for all the help which will be desirable.
The book of Job has been selected, because by far
the hardest part of the Hebrew scriptures; consequently
when the following nineteen chapters have been parsed,
the learner will find little difficulty in reading, , with the
help of a translation^ any of the (Ahcr books; but he is ad-
vised chiefly to read for some time the historical parts, as
they will be most easily understood.
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JOB I.
on imn v^nn itnn lae^ avK xvf n«a rvn w»« «
on Tvf:iw "h vfm j^d ^di tsmbn tnn nm «
rnHD. \ffm\. npi noif mno mum o'^joi ♦fiVn
^DD Vni,«inn p^m »nn ^«D nan mannqtfiK
iDi» tsf's n»a nntwj wjn via wVm Jonp ♦la*
i. tf^K man, according to some, a root, with others from W^Jire^ but
IlK^ probiMy from IT ret/H^ty^ aubsieteneej tf> he. IVTT to exht. 3 rn, from
rt^ hollow. pK earjf^ from p w mw, I© ^rtoA-. |^ l/af. Vide Gen. x.
23, perhaps from lytp to makejirm^ to devise. DVIK Jobjthe fiersecuted
oney from T^ to fieraeeutcj an enemy. W to fiut, constitute^ hence a
name. vA^, for m or MVI he. on toftnish^ henoe^ei^c^ Here perfect
in parts, not in degree. Vide c. iK. 20. 30, 31.* *Hr ro diretty hence t/^- 1
right. KT tofeaty to reverence^ DTiSk Got/, perhaps fjrom hSk Arab.
to reverence. 10 /o decline^ to defiatt. y\ to be evily evil.
p. IT /o Atf^f^, /o ^ar. nr;2ar ^^ven, from J^aer /o satisfy^ also ««^f«.
p a sony from H^ /o dtM/cf, hence ro for TU^ a daughter^ plur. ni23*
♦ For Job to have written this, would have been greater self-coin*
mendation, than that for which he was reproved; it is improbable that
he was the author, and impossible that he should record hts own
death. The style is not that of the pentateuch; every argument,
therefore, which proves Moses to have written those five books, will
equally prove that he did not write this. Chap, xxxii. 15* 16. point
us to fUihu as the writer, this is confirmed by his age, knowledge,
presence as a spectator, and the coincidence of his sentiments with
the divine decision.
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JOB I.
I THERE, was a man in the land of l|z, whose name woe Job; and
ihat tnan was perfect and. upright, a^d one that feared Gi6d; and es-,
chewed evil. . - ^
3 And there wei'e born unto him sevdn sb% and^hree daughters.
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, aiidfive hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses
and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all
the men of the east.
4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every oiie hisday;
and sent and called for their three sisters, to eat and to drink wi,th
them.
3. T^Spp/ioasessioh^acqtusitionyCattlej from Hip tofiosaesa. ^Sk plur.
VSh^ a firincifialy a thouaand, \m amall cattle^ aheefi,* ^DJi a camel; as
a verb, to return^ or to rtqMite. a^Dn to cuTay^Jive, rWD plur. nWD an
hundred, IDlf to coufile^ a iiqir^ or yoke, *lp3 a heeve'^ collectively, a
Aerrf Q^5«//« or cowr*; as a verb, to look, pnx plur. mJ^At? a «Ae-a«*,
ffpm pK atrong, TJn::^ the aervanta of the houaehold^ a female aervant^
from f^;^ to aervey a aervant. T\ and fem. T\yy many^ from HT) to mul-
tiply » '^iV^atrengthy very great ^ very, h^i to tncreaaeyto become great,
h^aflj fpomn^3 tofiniah. Dnp to be before^ also antiquity, the eaat,
4. "fin to go. nay to make, nntm afeaatj from nntJf to drink. n^3 41-
hottfiej perhaps from ni a hoUoiv veaael^ and both from n3 hollow^s^
rather 3^ the same* Or day^ supposed to be from 0' or on^ or from
nOiT to agitate, tlSlCf to aend.^'^'^ to call, HTW and V^^T^ a aiatery plur.
'nvuSsaiatera^ from T\T\li to connect, h^H to eat. 7\T\vr to drink. Xii^ ivith.
on. and non them^ ^hey^ as a verb, to agitate*
* In thi» account of Job's wealth we find no mention of money. In
Abraham's day, metals, when given as a price, were taken by weight.
Ch. jiHi, 1 r, has therefore been alleged as an argument against the
antiquity of thi^s book;^ but nO''iyp is rendered " a piece of money,"
vrithont au^oritjr. That word pccurs beafidc only in Gen. i|.xxiii^l9,
■" . T - '■ ' '
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rffi^ n33 oaaba CD^nb« «nar ^ii won •Vitt
noun toaini ttarn dj «in nw Sy av^rwi^^
noKn pn*T m \om \ffn «an i^«D;0t8^n Vk run*