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On Hebrew Names8

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Hucusque per brevem litteram E: Now the principles are to be read through the list of names.

Elisa. Deus meus: Either his safety, or to the island, or the salvation of my God.

Elam: of the century, or of the world.

Emim: horrible.

Eliezer: God's help.

Epha: Loose, or measure.

Esau: A receipt, either made of oak, or a pile of stones, or empty or in vain.

Elon: A region of fields, either oak or of oakwood.

Eliphaz: My God's gold. Time flies.

Emam: Their warmth.

Ebal: Old valley or heap of stones.

Ela: Terbinth tree.

Er: Watchful, or a covering, or a rising up, or an outpouring.

Enaim: Eyes or fountains.

Eroon, (in LXX: Herod), (in Vulgate: Gessen), meaning Eroum, in their sight, or the watchings of pains.

F.

Fison: The mouth of a doll, or change of appearance.

Fut: Libya, or "the descent of the coast."

Fetrusim: Dissolving the measure.

Felestim: Falling, whether by the ruin of a cup or by a falling drink.

Farao: Scattering, or uncovering him.

Faleg. dividens.: Caveat emptor

Ferezaei: Separating, or disseminated, or fruitful.

Faran: Their ferocity.

Fichol: The mouth of all: from the mouth, not from the bone.