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hibited by the Tyrian and Sidonian coins. The 
form of the Thau here feems to indicate the infcrip-' 
tion to be of a later date. This character bears lome 
retemblance to the figure of Tzade , preferved on certain 
medals of Tyre and Sidon ; though thefe two, what- 
ever may have been infinuated to the contrary by a 
writer of confiderable note, are fufficiently diftin- 
guifhable from each other. 
The three following letters prefent to our view the 
Hebrew word oSy, secvlvm, ^ternitas, per- 
PETVITAS, DVRATIO HOMINIBVS ABSCONDITA, 
&c. Not the leaft difficulty occurs here. 
The three preceding letters are fucceeded by Koph , 
Beth, and Refch, forming the noun ^Dp, sepvl- 
chrvm; which, with the introduction juft explained, 
fufficiently points out to us the nature of the infcrip- 
tion I am now upon. 
The four next Phoenician elements anfwer to the 
Hebrew deposit vs. The true fignification 
of the term, as ufed here, is preferved in the 3 4 Sy- 
riac. 
With regard to the following word npj, clarvs, 
innocens, 1 vst vs, &c. I fhall only beg leave to ob- 
ferve, that it cannot well be mifunderftood. It will 
be almoft fuperfluous to remark, that both this and 
the preceding word alfume the nature of fubftantives 
here; the term vir, by a moft common ellip- 
fis, being fuppreffed. 
The four following characters combined produce 
the Hebrew consvmmationibvs, omnino, 
pen it vs, &c. The reality of this word, from what 
3 Buxtorf. Lex. Chaldaic . & Syriac, p. 97. Bafilcae, 1622. 
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