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true possessors of the land by Divine appointment f Or else,
it may come from d about, and ηζ'ϋ or lìD the Stream, so as
to be descriptive of their local situation.
Tiie initial κ in Arphaxad, forms the first person future,
perhaps intimating that the name arose from a declaration
made by this patriarch — " I will heal the true possessors — or
— the dwellers about the stream."
In the story of Judith, tlie same name is iriven to a king of
the Medes, probably in allusion to the history of Arphaxad;
as we find this prince had entered upon a similar design — to
liberate the Chaldeans from under the Assyrian yoke.
row, Salah, He shot or cast; sent forth_, sent away; a
dart, a missile ivcapon.
*l3ÿ, Heber;, he passed over; The opposite side. :íVd Pcleg,
He divided ; a stream.
liT"», Rcu, Ragau, from n^;"! He united; fed; a friend:
Perhaps rather, A Shepherd^ or feeder of flocks — the same
as nyn.
y\'^'<V, Serug, from :»nr to be wreathed, twisted; a weak or
tender branch.
*1ΐΠ3 Nahor: " it has some afiinity to the Chald. root 'y^n
to liberate or set free." — G. Pasor. Perhaps its meaning may
be intimated in the Heb. ΊΠ3, >ΠΊπ3, Snorting, as -of a war-
horse, enraged and exulting. Job xxxix. 20. Jer. viii. l6.
n*in Terah, from πη Is. spacious, refreshed; space,
interstice, distance, breath, spirit.