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times we find the lengthened form in the latter also ; thus, in 
Latin, we have 
am-abil-is, from am-o. 
But the point which the author desires mainly to establish 
is, that a kindred mode of formation to that above described 
exists in Hebrew, and admits a similar explanation. Thus, we 
find in Hebrew a large class of proper names ending in ¥ 
preceded by a vowel; and these proper names are obviously 
expressive of some characteristic property belonging to the 
persons or places which they denote. Thus, we have 
Ss, fiery, from 8, light. 
Savon, lion-like, >> 78, a lion. 
SN7DIF1, compassionate, ,, 32M, to pity. 
Ss2n3, bountiful, 95 13, to give. 
Oxy, friendly, »» 7, a friend. 
In the above and similar examples, the author regards the 
final affix as belonging to the same mode of formation above 
indicated in the languages of the Indo-European family. Ac- 
cording to the commonly received opinion, the suffix in all 
these cases is the name of God, Dx. 
But it is not only in the mode of formation just noticed 
that the author discovers an affinity between Hebrew and the 
Indo-European languages. He finds another resemblance in 
the case of the suffix bar, 72", e. g. 
72773, a treasurer, from 1, treasure. 
“art, a lawyer, ,, i, law. 
Gesenius has already compared this suffix 72" to the Per- 
sian a (war), and German Lar, in such words as acht-bar, ehr- 
bar, &c. Mr. Crawford detects it also in the Irish -mhap or 
