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(27 : 7) mentions the isles of Elishah as those whence the Tyrïans obtained 

 their purple and scarlet? The same isles are also referred to in Genesis, 

 10 : 4, 5. 



Some of the Targums identify Javan, the father of Elishah (G. 10 : 4) 

 with Hellas, in which they are followed by Michgelis, Rosenmiiller and 

 others. Josephus (ant. 1 : 6) identifies them with the vEolians, which is the 

 view adopted by Knobel. Bochart preferred the Peloponnessus, which was 

 also said to be f'amous fors its purple dye, and of which the most important 

 district was called Elis. 



The isles of the Gentiles (G. 10 : 5) probably means those countries of 

 Europe and Asia Minor to which the inhabitants of Egypt and Palestine 

 had access only by sea, hence thèse places were called « isles » although 

 parts of the European Continent etc. of course including some of those 

 islands. 



Whichever view be adopted, there is little doubt that the descendants of 

 Elishah in the time of the prophet Ezekiel were a maritime people of the 

 Grecian stock. Purple is mentioned in the Bible in the following passages : 



Exod., 25 : 4; 20 : 1, 31; 35 : 6, 23, 25, 35: 36 : 8, 35, 37; 39 : 1-3; Nninb., 

 4 : 13; Judges, 8 : 26; 2 Chr., 2 : 7, 14; 3 : 14; Esther, 1 : 6; 8 : 15; Prov., 

 31 : 22; Song of Sol., 3 : 10; 7: 6; Jerem., 10 : 9; Ezek., 27 : 7, 16; 

 St. Mark, 15 : 17, 20; St. Luke, 16 : 19; St. John, 19 : 2, 5; Acts, 16 : 14; 

 Heb., 9 : 19 margin ; Rev., 17 : 4 ; 18 : 12, 16. 



Wishing you every success in your researches 

 Yours very faithfully 



William H. Hechler, 

 Chaplain to H. B. M's Embassy iu Vienna. 



Neuvième note. 



M. le professeur D r Adolphe Waiirmund, directeur de Y École 

 spéciale des langues orientales vivantes à Vienne, a eu la grande 

 amabilité de m'informer à fond quant au parallèle du mot égyptien 

 J ^^(jfj ^= (démon) avec le mot persan jl_Joj>. (dominus vitse et 

 necisj. Voyez p. 490, note 1. — M. le professeur Wahrmund a eu 

 la bonté de m'écrire ci-dessous : (( Si vous voulez maintenir le pa- 

 rallèle, il faut dire à peu près de la manière suivante : analogue 



avec la forme persane _y_5o^. cliun = kâr qui est correctement 



l'abréviation de j&SjjJ- chudâwënd = kâr (maître, dominus) et 

 que l'on emploie en turc pour « souverain )). Mais ledit mot est ex- 



