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Lastly, the etymology of antediluvian names is as easily 

 ibund in the Greek, as eithei" in the Hebrew, Syriac, or 

 Arabic; or even more easily. Thus, Adam is derived from 

 Arra, patev ; Eve, (or rather Cheva, as Dathe has it,) from 

 ^x'"'', peperi; Cain, from Kams, novus, being a new man; 

 Abel, from aj3«xe, alas; Seth, from zr^m, quaro, being sought 

 for, in the room of Abel; 'Noah, from n^?, a ship. Tubal 

 Cain I omit; as this name Avas given to a remote descen- 

 dant of Cain, long after his banishment; and, consequently, 

 Avhen the primitive tongue was probabl^^ altered. Babel, 

 from Eaj./3K, a starting-post; as it Avas from thence all man^ 

 kind set out, to settle in different countries. The He ■ 

 brew, which is said to contain the roots of man}' lan- 

 guages, did nothing more, than strip some primeval words 

 of their tei'minatious, and thus disfigured them. 



