230 REV. W. ST. CLAIR TISDALL. D.D., ON THE BOOK OF DANIEL : 



of Babylonian terms. The same fact is true of these papyri. 

 It may be well to give a few examples from Biblical sources 

 first, and then from these papyri, in order to show that no dis- 

 tinction can be found in this linguistic point between the two 

 series of documents. 



Omitting for the present the Assy rio -Babylonian proper 

 names, such as Arioch, Meshak, Shadrak, Abed-Nego, besides 

 those of Kings Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, and Daniel's 

 own appellation Belteshazzar, all of which will require notice 

 later, we proceed to give a list of a number of words in Daniel 

 borrowed from Babylonian : — 



(1) n^^^ • Ashaph, from Bab. Ashshapu, ashapu (ashipu, 

 ishipu), an enchanter, diviner ; from ashapu, to bewitch, divine. 



(2) pn^^ : Attun : from Bab. utunu, atinu, hearth, fireplace, 

 furnace. 



(3) ^h2 : Belo : Bab. biltu, tribute, tax, from Abalu, to carry. 

 The suggested derivation from the Persian root bar-, to bear, 

 carry, is not possible, for Old Persian in neither dialect possessed 

 the letter I. If, as Meyer states, there is a Persian word bara, 

 in Bab., this is an additional example of the fact that even 

 Cuneiform Babylonian was not quite inaccessible to the influence 

 of Persian. 



(4) SlDTl : Heykal, temple, palace ; Bab. (H)ekalu, from 

 Sumerian E, house, and gal, great. 



(5) VT : Bab. zimu, features, face ; appearance, splendour. 



(6) r\^2^ : Bab. kinatu, servants ; associates, companions. 



(7) ^^^H^ : Bab. karballatu, name of some article of clothing, 

 according to Andreas and Meissner a cap ; Oppert compares 

 Kvp/3aaL(;, a helmet (Herod, vii, 64). 



(8) ^^I^So : Bab. massaru for mansaru, from root nasaru, to 

 guard, watch (the inf. of verb used in last element of name 

 Nebuchadnezzar (Nabiu-kudurri-usur). The change of n to ? 

 is quite common in such circumstances in Aram. 



(9) ^h^2 : Bab. nawalu, namalu (Jensen), ruins ; (Muss-Am.) 

 reeds ; property, gain ; power ; perhaps the phrase in Dan. 

 means to confiscate to the Koyal treasury. The root in latter 

 sense is amalu, to be strong ; in the other, to work (Arab. J^).^ 



(10) pt^ : Bab. nazaqu, to suffer injury. 



(11) ^102 : Bab. natalu, to look, look up. 



