A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1Adam and Charles Black, 1849 - 1768 pages |
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... Arabic . The innume- rable compound prænomina and cognomina which the Arabs bestow not only on men , but on beasts and inanimate objects , furnish parallels to almost every peculiarity observable in Hebrew ; and although no example may ...
... Arabic . The innume- rable compound prænomina and cognomina which the Arabs bestow not only on men , but on beasts and inanimate objects , furnish parallels to almost every peculiarity observable in Hebrew ; and although no example may ...
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... Arabic . The cucurbitaceæ , or gourd tribe , are remark- able for their power of adapting themselves to the different situations where they can be grown . Thus Mr. Elphinstone describes some of them as yielding large and juicy fruit in ...
... Arabic . The cucurbitaceæ , or gourd tribe , are remark- able for their power of adapting themselves to the different situations where they can be grown . Thus Mr. Elphinstone describes some of them as yielding large and juicy fruit in ...
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... Arabic by Butikh , which is the name of the melon in that language . This appears , however , to be a generic term , inasmuch as they employ it simply to indicate the common or musk melon , while the water - melon is called Butikh ...
... Arabic by Butikh , which is the name of the melon in that language . This appears , however , to be a generic term , inasmuch as they employ it simply to indicate the common or musk melon , while the water - melon is called Butikh ...
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... Arabic of turbooz , which is the name as- signed in India to the water - melon . So Alpinus , speaking of the anguria in Egypt , says , vulgo Batech el Maovi ( water ) , et in Scriptoribus Medicis Batech - Indi vel Anguria indica ...
... Arabic of turbooz , which is the name as- signed in India to the water - melon . So Alpinus , speaking of the anguria in Egypt , says , vulgo Batech el Maovi ( water ) , et in Scriptoribus Medicis Batech - Indi vel Anguria indica ...
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... Arabic , and later Hebrew ; numeral figures on the Phoenician coins and Palmyrene inscriptions ( those em- ployed by the Arabs and transmitted through them to us are , it is well known , of Indian origin ) . And although particular ...
... Arabic , and later Hebrew ; numeral figures on the Phoenician coins and Palmyrene inscriptions ( those em- ployed by the Arabs and transmitted through them to us are , it is well known , of Indian origin ) . And although particular ...
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