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simply 1^C*T • When the gloss strayed into the text, the H became 

 of necessity the article, and was attached to the following word, while 

 nfi^ was pointed as a segholate noun (nflJ • with the first vowel 

 becoming v in the pause). But no such form would be possible 

 from the root fllj , nor does there seem to be any Avay of account- 

 ing for the form, other than the one just suggested. The proposal 

 to pronounce the name as plural, HiD^n '> is c|uite fruitless. The 

 supposed segholate noun nfiil. should be omitted from our Hebrew 

 lexicons. 



1 Budde, Holzinger, Kittel, et al. 



