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Joh. xxii. 22. El Elohim, Jehovah El Elohim, Jehovah, he knoweth; i. e. Jehovah the Supreme

God.

1 Kings viii. 27. The heaven of heavens; i. e. the highest and most spacious heaven.

Pfa. cxxxvi. 2, 3. Oh give thanks

n unbab

לאדני Oh give thanks

unto the God of gods. Oh

DN unto the Lord of lords; i. e. the Supreme God, and Supreme Lord.

Eccles. i. 2. Vanity of vanities; i. e. the vaineft vanity.

Cant. i. 1. The fong of fongs; i. c. the most excellent fong.

,אלהכון הוא אלה אלהין ומרא מלכין .47 .Dan. ii

your God he is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings; i. e. the Supreme God, and Sovereign of kings.

SECTION XVIII.

By the Repetition of an Adjective, or of a Substantive.

1 Sam. ii. 3. Talk not fo exceeding proudly, , proud, proud. Ufed adverbially.

Prov. xx. 14. It is naught naught, y, very naught, faith the buyer.

Eccles. vii. 24. Deep deep, Fy pay, exceeding deep.

Ifa. vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, TP TP TP, most holy in the highest degree.

Joel iii. 14. D

D7, multitudes, multitudes

in the valley of decifion; i. e. very great multitudes.

מעי מעי אחולה

Jer iv. 19. syy, my bowels, my bowels, I am pained.

SECTION XIX.

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By two Substantives, either with or without a Conjunction, relating to the same thing.

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GEN. i. 26. In our image, after our likeness; i. e. in an image very much like us.

iv. 4. Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock, and the fat thereof; i. e. the fatteft of his firftlings.

ii. 9. Tree of knowledge of good and evil; i. e. of criminal enjoyment, or hurtful pleasure.

xix. 24. Rained brimstone and fire; i. e. fired or burning brimstone.

1 Chron. xxii. 5. The house must be-of fame and glory; i. e. the most glorious fame.

2 Chron. xvi. 14. Was filled with odours and kinds; i. e. various kinds of odours.

Job x. 17. Changes and wars are against me; i. e. a very changeable war, fucceffive armies are against me; troops fucceeding each other, and renewing their attacks.

Pf. x. 16; xlviii. 14. 7, to a time hidden. from man and futurity; i. e. during the continuance of the Jewish state.

cxix. 44; cxlv. 2. Thus, to a time hidden from man and futurity; i. e. through all his life. cxlv. 21. 7, to a time hidden from man and futurity; i. e. to the end of the world.

cxlviii. 6. hy, unto futurity, to a time hidden from man; i. e. to the end of the world. cxvi. 1. My voice, my fupplications; i. c. my earneft fupplicating voice.

cxix. 138. Thy teftimonies--are righteousness and faithfulness; i. e. the most faithful righteoufnefs.

Jer. xxii. 3. Execute thou judgment and righteousness; i. e. the moft righteous judgment.

xxix. 11. To give you an end and expectation; i. e. a much defired or expected end.

Dan. xi. 17. Dan, the daughter of women. The chief of women. Wintle's tranfl.

Zech. x. 1. Jehovah will give you rain of showers, DW; i. e. abundance of rain.

xiv. 6. A light of clearneffes, ; i. c. a bright light. (Newcome)

Ezek. xxxix. 11. A place of a name; i. e. a renowned place.

Nahum i. 6. The heat of his anger; i. e. his hot anger.

Ezek. xxxiv. 26. na "wa, pluvia bencditionis, plentiful showers. Comp. Mal. iii. 10.

John xiv. 6. I am the way, and the truth, and the life; i. e. the true infallible way to life. Read the next claufe.

2 Pet. i. 16. The power and appearance of the Lord Jefus Chrift; i. e. the very powerful appearance. 2 Pet. i. 3. Called us by glory and virtue; i. e. by glorious virtue.

SECTION XX.

By an Abstract Substantive.

GEN. iii. 6. It was pleafant, n, an object of a defire; i. e. very desirable.

xii. 2. Thou shalt be a bleffing, 7, i. e. very bleffed.

xxvi. 35. A grief of mind, p, amaritudo fpiritus, very grievous to the mind.

xlvi. 34. Every fhepherd is nay, abominationes, very abominable, unto them.

1 Sam. xxv. 6. Be thou peace,

houfe peace, w, and all that

w; i. e. very or most happy.

,שלום

D, and thy thou haft peace,

Pf. v. 9. Their inward part is, pravitates ; extremely wicked.

xxxv. 6. Let their way be Tn, tenebrofitas; very dark.

Pf. lxxxviii. 8. Thou haft made me man, abominationes, very abominable unto them.

Cant. v. 16. He is

firable, or very lovely.

7, defideria, very de

Job iii. 4. Let thy day be 2, obfcuritas, very dark.

Dan. ix. 23. For thou art , defideriorum, a man of defires, greatly beloved.

Haggai ii. 7. Ton, defiderium, moft defirable to all nations.

Pf. cxix. 86. All thy commandments are 8, faithfulness; very faithful.

Ver. 142, 159. Thy law is 8, truth; thoroughly true.

Luke xvi. 15. Bdeλuyua, abomination, very abominable in the fight of God.

John xvii. 17. Thy word is aλna, truth; i. e. thoroughly true.

Ephef. v. 8. Ye were formerly oxos, darkness, very dark; but now ye are cws, light, greatly enlightened, in or by the Lord.

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