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THE EASTERN ORIGIN OF THE CELTS, 



• Isliod no other connections have yet been found ; and the relations 

 of Abiezer with Meonothai and Ophrah I shall only indicate in 

 passing. In a similar cursory manner I intend referring to the 

 brothers of Zimran and their descendants, as well as to their mother 

 Keturah and her supposed relatives, Aner, Eshcol and Mamre. The 

 following is the genealogy as I propose to restore it, the names in 

 capitals being those which form the subject of geographical and 

 mythological comparison : — 



Amorite 



Zerali=Keturali= Abraham 



I I 



Eshcol 



Ethan Zimran=Hammoleketh Jokshan Medaa 



Midian 

 I 



Ishbak Shuah 



III I 



Azariah Ishob Abiezer Mahalah 



I I 



III I II 



Dedan Bphah Bpher Hanoch Abidah Eldaah 

 I 



Meonothai Hbman Chalcol Daeda Asshurim Letushim Leummim_ 

 Ophrah 



Out of thirty-two names, therefore, I at present, in order to avoid 

 confusion and to guard against hypothetical connections, direct atten- 

 tion to eight only. The list is larger than that which formed the 

 subject of my last paper, and is thus sufficiently large to enable one 

 to predicate something from a mere geographical comparison. Unfor- 

 tunately,, however, there is a lack of determinateness in the character 

 of the names which hinders their presenting that identity of form 

 in different languages, which has appeared in those belonging to the 

 family proper of Gilead. The Greek form of Zimran is Zambran, 

 so that an adventitious h or 2^ sound may be expected in the body of 

 the word. The final n of proper names in Hebrew is exceedingly 

 inconstant, and generally disappears in patronymics.^^ Even the 

 initial z may not only be replaced by c, h, d, t, or s, but may be reduced 

 to an aspirate or even an open vowel. Ishod or Ishchod may be 

 deprived of its initial i and appear as Shochad, its root. Abiezer 

 presents peculiar difficulties, the prefix Abi being unnecessary, and 

 the word Ezer itself, as commencing with ayin, and containing the 

 changeable letter zain, being liable to appear in such forms as acr, 

 agr, adr, atr, asr, azr, or as the same preceded by c, g, or some equiva- 

 lent, Gadr, Actr, &c. Mahalah may aspirate or altogether omit the 



13 An example is found in Ithrite, a noun derived from the name Ithran, Ithri is to IthTao 

 as ZLmii to Zimran. 



