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... Plural , and the other Persons 334 - 335 - 336 ib . 337 ib . x . The Pronouns probably more altered than any other Class of Words CHAP . XXX . ON VERBS AND PARTICIPLES . 1. In the Shemitic Languages the Verbs possess a Gender , which is ...
... Plural , and the other Persons 334 - 335 - 336 ib . 337 ib . x . The Pronouns probably more altered than any other Class of Words CHAP . XXX . ON VERBS AND PARTICIPLES . 1. In the Shemitic Languages the Verbs possess a Gender , which is ...
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... Plural Numbers are formed by what grammarians denominate the Personal Pronoun ós . If we take the Sanskrit word Samayog , an assemblage , write it in Greek characters and add a final Eta , we shall have Evva- ywyn , a synagogue , a Noun ...
... Plural Numbers are formed by what grammarians denominate the Personal Pronoun ós . If we take the Sanskrit word Samayog , an assemblage , write it in Greek characters and add a final Eta , we shall have Evva- ywyn , a synagogue , a Noun ...
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... Plurals of Magistri and Domini are formed from Ii , letter by letter . In the third , fourth , and fifth declensions , the resemblance is less close , and we must suppose that the terminations of the different cases were formed from a ...
... Plurals of Magistri and Domini are formed from Ii , letter by letter . In the third , fourth , and fifth declensions , the resemblance is less close , and we must suppose that the terminations of the different cases were formed from a ...
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... plural termination im , Anakim . " And there we saw the giants , the sons of Anak , which come of the giants . " ( Numbers , xiii . 33. ) I believe the word Zamzummim to have had a similar meaning , and to have been corrupted from the ...
... plural termination im , Anakim . " And there we saw the giants , the sons of Anak , which come of the giants . " ( Numbers , xiii . 33. ) I believe the word Zamzummim to have had a similar meaning , and to have been corrupted from the ...
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... plural number was formed by the addition of S , in the usual manner ; while in the latter part we read Praesented ... plurals ever terminated in Delta , the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ; and could as easily credit the existence ...
... plural number was formed by the addition of S , in the usual manner ; while in the latter part we read Praesented ... plurals ever terminated in Delta , the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ; and could as easily credit the existence ...
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Page 329 - And Eloi'sa yet must kiss the name. Dear fatal name ! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips, in holy silence seal'd : Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where, mix'd with God's, his lov'd idea lies ; 0 write it not, my hand— the name appears Already written— wash it out, my tears!
Page 78 - Peshito was written at the end of the first, or the beginning of the second century, it is of less importance to know the readings of the Greek manuscript that was used in the former, than those of the original employed in the latter.
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