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at XXV. 14, e[t]w[6]nh ebol , instead of euwonh ebol, and 

 has thereby broken two laws : (a) the definite prefix et - is quite im- 

 possible here, and (yS) the present stem wonh should have been used. 



11. In the next verse he has committed another blunder, which 

 his translation forbids us to explain as a typographical slip : 



ere wlas ncnou de la lingua molle 



wesf enkees rotnpe le ossa. 



He renders "Ze ossa," " the bones," but the LXX has a-vvrpL/Set octtS., 

 without the definite article. This, however, did not deter him, and so 

 he has edited a text which has three bad errors ! 



(«) wesf is the proclitic form of the verb, and could not be used 

 before a preposition. 



(5) the preposition could not have been e, as wosf is followed 

 by the connexive n, and not the directive e . 



(c) there was no definite article at all. 

 Read wesf hen-kees, with the indefinite article, and all is proper 

 and a literal version of the LXX. 



12. And he is equally in the dark as to the distinction observed 

 in Coptic with reference to the foim of the verb to be used when a 

 suffix pronoun follows it. Thus he conjectures, xxv. 21 : 



ersan pekjaje hko [matmef] auo efsaneibe niat[sef] 



where both his conjectures are wrong, the only forms permissible here 

 being tmmo, and tso : matmmof, "feed him," matsof, "give 

 him drink." 



13. The following verse exhibits the same want of skill, for he 

 suggests knas[6k] henjbbes nkoht hijn tefape, " thou shalt 

 bring coals of fire on his head"; whether sok be or be not the right 

 word to suggest here for LXX a-u)peva-ei<;, it is certain that it is not 

 the right form of the verb, because it immediately precedes the 

 governed noun, and must therefore appear as (sk) sek . 



14. (xxv. 24) : 



nan^r w6h e meglio abitare 



hn w[kiihe nweei] ~ sul canto di un tetto. 



I do not of course deny that knhe is a Coptic word, but the LXX 

 has liri ywvtas S(u/x,aT09, and the word for ycovt'a is klje, (cf. Prov. 

 vii. 8, 12; xxi. 9 ; though it is also rendered by kooh. Job i. 19; 

 tow, Zeph. i. 16; and konia (ywvia), Zech. xiv. 10); but I do not 

 think it is ever translated by knhe . 



