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those biliterals and triliterals which derive their origin and their 

 import from other significants. And I may remark, that the 

 analysis, of which the preceding pages afford a cursory specimen, 

 is not offered to the notice of the pubhc as an example of inge- 

 nuity, or of fanciful speculation, but as something which, I think, 

 approaches very nearly to truth and correctness. Those who 

 can form an estimate of the labour and difficulty which attend a 

 general and particular analysis of the whole of a primitive lan- 

 guage, and especially an analysis, in the conduct of which no 

 assistance has been derived from any other source than that of 

 repeated comparisons of each word with other words, will not too 

 severely scan those inaccuracies which further emendation may 

 correct. A specimen of the analysis (comprising the deri- 

 vatives of the four palatine significants, 3^ p^ H^ r\,) is, in manu- 

 script, in the hands of the Editor of this Journal, and it may 

 be examined by any one who feels interested on the subject of 

 language in general, or of the Hebrew language in particular. 

 With regard to the latter language, I may state, that the analysis 

 to which this paper refers, exhibits the whole of this language 

 under a simple arrangement, which will enable any one to 

 acquire a thorough knowledge of it in a very short time with 

 little or no labour, and will furnish an easy guide through the 

 labyrinths of etymology in general. There is nothing in it which 

 can tend, in the slightest degree, to obscure or mysticise the 

 contents of the sacred volume ; on the contrary, it simplifies 

 greatly the study of the Scriptures in that original language in 

 which they ought to be studied, while it tends to confirm most 

 strongjy the faith of the believer, and to illustrate the divine 

 origin of our holy religion. 



