18 George Dalil, 



the use by Pausanius of the ethnic Awpict?, the plural of AuypLevs^ as 

 though built on a form Awptov. On coins of Dor' the forms 

 AfiPITON and AQPEITfiN are found, corresponding to the forms 

 Awpirrj^ and AcupciTT/j. Thus we have witnesses for two forms of the 

 ethnic, viz. : AwptViys (or AwpciViTs)^ and Awptevs; of these the former 

 is the better attested. 



The variation in the middle consonant in the Hebrew name Dor 

 finds its parallel in the case of En-dor. For in 1 Sam. 28: 7 En-dor 

 is written ^l*! J^Jf ; but in Ps. 83: 11 the form IN"! f^j; appears'. 

 In the name of the town Hammath-dor of Josh. 21 : 32 we have 

 the form ■)^j'^ . The transliteration of all these names in the 

 Greek Old Testament throws no light upon the question as to what 

 was originally the middle consonant*. Nor does the single occur- 

 rence of the name in Egyptian documents furnish any information 

 in this regard*. But the use of the form IJi^l in the Eshmunazar 

 inscription and of Du-'-ru (or Du-'u-ru) in the Assyrian inscrip- 

 tions' indicates that 'Aleph was originally the middle consonant. 

 1K*1 is doubtless, therefore, the older writing of the name. Both 

 forms are, however, correct. In the Hebrew language 'Aleph in 

 many cases early lost its consonantal value. The Biblical writers 

 were therefore at liberty to write either ■)^?*^ or "111 . 



What does the word Dor mean ? Greek writers regarded the 

 Palestinian coast cities as Greek settlements; this is indicated by 

 the legends they give of the founding of these towns\ Oftentimes 

 basing their statements on mere chance resemblances in names, 

 they represent Greek gods or heroes as founders and thus surround 



1 Hill, pp. LXXV, 113-118. The form AiiPIPITQN on one coin is due to 

 dittography. 



' AupeiTTjg is the same as ^upirj/g, either ei or i having been used formerly 

 to represent the sound i. 



' Another slight modification in the writing occurs in the "^1 f^V of 

 Josh. 17:11. The town Endor, however, probably does not belong here. 

 See below, pp. 51 f. 



* The Peshitto version writes the name 9C5 . This may represent either of 

 the Hebrew forms. 



' Prof. W. Max Miiller informs me that the Egyptian form D-ira (better 

 Da-ira) of the Papyrus Golenischeff does not show the 'Aleph. In this 

 form, furthermore, the vowels are worthless. 



« See pp. 39 f . 



' Steph. Byz., passim; Schur,, G.J.V., 2:55, 56. 



