1881. J 4:Uy [Lesley. 



Mr. Lesley showed a translation of the Lord's Prayer into 

 Egyptian hieroglyphics by Commander McCauley, U. S. iN". 



Pending nominations No. 934, 935, 936 were read. 



The proceedings of the last meeting of the Ofl3.cers and 

 Council were submitted. 

 , The meeting was then adjourned. 



Notes oil an Egyptian element in the Names of the Hebrew Icings, and its 

 hearing on the History of the Exodus. By J. P. Lesley. 



(^Bead before the American Philosophical Society, March 4, 1881.) 



It was accounted a great discovery when, a few years ago, papyri were 

 found stating the number, cost and transportation of squads of APURU 

 from the Delta to the mining districts in Nubia. These official documents 

 were a sort of Indian bureau agent reports of the age of the XIX Dynasty, 

 say 1400 B. C. ; and therefore the word APURU was suspected of being 

 the Egyptian equivalent of the Hebrew word a'"i3;r, OBRIM, Hebrews.* 



Gesenius gives some good reasons for the common etymology of tlie 

 word from the verb OBR, 'avar, to pass.\ 



It occurs in Chaldee as Eber, "the country beyond " the Euphrates. 

 And therefore the LXX translates "Hebrew" in Gen. 14:13, by 

 ij mpdrrj^^ the immigrant or emigrant. 



The Biblical usage of the word seems to be restricted to cases when 

 foreigners were speaking of the Israelites, Gen. 39 : 14, 17, &c.; or when 

 Israelites were speaking of themselves to foreigners, Gen. 14 : 15, &c. ; or 

 when some opposition to foreigners is in question. Gen. 42 : 32, &c. It 

 seems, however, rather absurd to put the word with this meanirtg into the 

 mouth of the Hebrews themselves. One can very well imagine them call- 

 ing surrounding extra-limital tribes "outsiders," "people over there;" 

 but to imagine them accepting such a title as their own, contravenes f 11 

 that we know of their proud and exclusive estimate of themselves, unless 

 these sentiments be considered a product of later times. 



The difficulty is enhanced by the fact that, whereas in Gen. 50 : 10, 11 ; 

 Deut. 1 : 1, 5 ; 3 : 8, 20, 25 ; 4 : 41, 46, 47 ; Josh. 1 : 14, 15 ; 2 : 10 ; 9 : 10 ; 



*The pronunciation of the word by tlie Masorites. after tlie time of Christ. 

 'IVRIM, is of no importance, except as indicating tlie probable guttural aspira- 

 tion of the ^, by which the Greeks were lead into writing the word "El^paiot^ 

 Hebraioi. 



fThis root is widely distributed, as in the english over, german liber, latin 

 super, greek ' ubris (pride), upper, and to pour, outpouring (overflowing or passing 

 bounds). 



