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* Jos 10¹¹ (E) (cf. As. Dl^W58); lime-stones * Is 27⁹. 8. in sim. (mostly poet.) of sinking in water Ex 15⁵ = Ne 9¹¹; motionlessness Ex 15¹⁶; strength Jb 6¹²; firmness , 41¹⁶; solidity (of ice) 38³⁰; in prose, of commonness 1 K 10²⁷ 2 Ch 1¹⁵; also metaph. of one in fear 1 S 25³⁷ (i.e. petrified with terror, cf. Ex 15¹⁶ supr.); ** = perverse, hard heart Ez 11¹⁹ 36²⁶; * Zc 9¹⁶ (of ransomed Isr.)—* personif. Hb 2¹¹ cf. v¹⁹; cf. Ez 13¹¹ (v. 7 supr.) †9. In topogr. terms (nearly = n.pr.); ** Jo 15⁶ 18¹⁷; ** 1 S 5¹ cf. 7¹², also 4¹ (We Dr); ** 1 S 20¹⁹ rd. ** v. G here & v⁴¹ (We Dr Klo); ** 1 K 1⁹ (where We^{Skizzen III,171} comp. Ar. Zuhal = Saturn).

†[אֹבֶן] n.[m.] wheel, disc.—Du. *— 1. potter's wheel Je 18³ (two discs revolving one above the other; name from likeness to mill-stones; v. AW¹⁸). 2. * Ex 1¹⁶ prob. = sella parturientis, = δίφροι λοχειαῖοι bearing­-stool, midwife's stool (fr. likeness to potter's wheel; on custom of labor upon stool v. Ploss ^{Das Weib, 2nd ed. II, 35,  179 etc.} & Cesnola Coll. fr. Cyprus, Metrop. Mus., N. York, No. 614, terra cotta fig. fr. 4th or 5th cent. B.C.; Descriptive Atlas of Cesn. Coll.^{I, pl. lxvi. No. 435}; cf. W. H. W[ard]^{PESoc. 2nd Statement 1873, p. 76}).

אבנה Kt 2 K 5¹² v. אֲמָנָה.

אַבְנֵט v. בנט.

אַבנֵר v. אֲבִינֵר sub II. אָבָה.

†[אָבַס] vb. feed, fatten (Mish. id.; ? As. [abâsu] Dl^W46) Qal Pt. pass. fattened, * of ox Pr 15¹⁷ ; * of fowl 1 K 5³.

†אַבוּס n.m. ^{Pr 14,4} crib (= feeding-trough, on form v. Ges ^{§84 a 12. R.}) of ass Is 1³ (cstr.); oxen Pr 14⁴ (abs.); ** Jb 39⁹ (of wild-ox).

†[מַאֲבוּס] n.[m.] granary (= place of fodder; ? As, bit abûsâti Dl^W46) pl. sf. * Je 50²⁶.

אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת v. בוע.

אבץ (meaning unknown).

†[אֶ֫בֶץ] n.pr.loc. city in Issachar, * Jos 19²⁰.

†אִבְצָן n.pr.m. judge of Isr. Ju 12^8.10 (Lag^{GN 1381,19} (אֲ)בֶן צָן), G Ἀβεσσαν, S ܐܰܒܝܨܳܢ‎).

אבק (Ar. أَبَقَ‎ run away (cf. Lag^{BN 51})).

†אָבָק n.m. ^{Ez 26,10} dust—* Dt 28²⁴ + 3 t.; cstr. * Na 1³; sf. * Ez 26¹⁰-—dust (? fleeing, flying; syn. * = oft. dust lying on or composing ground) Ex 9⁹ Ez 26¹⁰ Dt 28²⁴ (‖ *) Is 5²⁴ (‖ *) 29⁵ (‖ *); fig. of clouds under Yahweh's feet Na 1³.

†[אֲבָקָה or אַבְקָה] n.f. prob. coll., cstr. ** Ct 3⁶ powders of merchant = scent-powders. (On formation cf. Lag^BN81.)

†[אָבַק] vb. denom. Niph. wrestle (= get dusty, cf. κόνις, κονίω, v. also Str^{Pirke Aboth, I,4} *** = sit at their feet; others, e.g. Di, comp. *). ** Gn 32²³; Inf. sf. ** v²⁶.

אבר (cf. As. abâru, be firm, strong Dl^W).

†אִ֫בֶר n.[m.] pinions (fr. strength, poet. & fig., pl. in sense) as of dove ψ 55⁷; eagle Is 40³¹; ** of king of Babyl. under fig. of eagle Ez 17³ (‖ ** of broad, overshadowing wings).

†אֶבְרָה n.f. pinion (nom. unit., poet.) of ostrich Jb 39¹³; * of eagle, sim. for * Dt 32¹¹; metaph. of * ψ 91⁴; * of dove ψ 68¹⁴; (all ‖ *).

†[אָבַר] vb. denom. Hiph. fly (= more pinions) ; of hawk * Jb 39²⁹.

†[אָבִיר] adj. strong; alw. = subst. the Strong, old name for God (poet.); only cstr. in ** Gn 49²⁴ & thence ψ 132^2.5 Is 49²⁹ 60¹⁶; ** Is 1²⁴ (cf. Che crit. n.)—Ba^{NB 51} assigns this cstr. to *.

†אַבִּיר adj. mighty, valiant—* Jb 34²⁰ + Is 10¹³ Kt (Qr כַּבִּיר); cstr. id. 1 S 2¹⁶; pl. * Jb 24²² + ;—mighty (alw. = subst. & poet. exc. 1 S 21⁸). 1. men Ju 5²² Jb 24²² (=violent) 34²⁰ Je 46¹⁵ 1 S 21⁸ (rd. ** Gr Dr, cf. 22¹⁷; but Lag^Probebibel ** v. Id.^BN45; Klo *), La 1¹⁵; ** stout of heart Is 46¹² (= obstinate) ψ 76⁶. 2. angels ψ 78²⁵ (cf. 103²⁰). 3. animals; bull, sim. of king of Assyr. Is 10¹³ (rd. * & v. Di); elsewh. pl.; metaph. for enemies ** ψ 22¹³ (‖ *) ; for princes ψ 68³¹; for Edomites Is 34⁷; hence even as sacrif. ψ 50¹³ (‖ *) ; of horses Je 8¹⁶ 47³ 50¹¹.

אַבְרָהָם v. אַבְרָם sub II. אבה.

†אַבְרֵךְ proclaimed before Joseph Gn 41⁴³ (mng. dub.; many Egypt. deriv. proposed ; e.g. a-bor-k, Copt. = prostrate thyself ! Benfey^{Verh. d. äg. Spr. z. Sem. 302f}; āprek, = head bowed ! Chabas^{RA I},—but ā = ע, v. also Wiedemann^{Altäg. Wörter 1869}; apreχ-u, head of the wise, Harkavy^{Berl. äg. Zeitschr. 1869};