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 118 ff.: see the engraving, 208 ).—43. the second-best chariot] Horses and carriages first appear on monuments of the 18th dynasty, and must have been introduced "during the dark period between the Middle and the New Empire" (Erman, 490).—they cried before him 'Abrēk] A very obscure word; for conjectures, v.i.—44. An almost exact parallel (J) to $41$ (E).—45a. Joseph's marriage.—The conferring of a new name naturally accompanied promotions like that of Joseph (Erman, 144).—the high priest of 'Ôn] was an important personage in the religion and politics of the New Empire (see Erman, LAE, 76, 83, 89, and pass.), and the priestly college there was reputed the greatest in the country for learning (Herod. ii. 3; Strabo,. i. 29). 'Ôn (Eg. Anu) is Heliopolis, 7 m. NE of Cairo, an ancient seat of the

on Ex. 25$4$, and EB, 2800 f.—] [E] .—43. ] G-K. § 85 h.—] [E]GS .—] The word remains an enigma. The resemblance to Heb. has misled no anc. Vn. except Aq. and V (ut genuflecterent). S renders [Syrian: **]; T$O$ ; T$J$ ; G has as subj. of vb. (V also has clamante præcone). The speculations of Egyptologists are too numerous to mention: see BDB, s.v., or Heyes, 254 ff. The best is that of Spiegelberg (OLz. vi. 317 ff.), who considers that it is a call to 'Attention!' (Eg. 'b r-k; lit. 'Thy heart to thee!'). Frd. Del. (Parad. 225) suggested a connexion with Ass. abarakku (the title of a high official), which his father declared to be a "neckischer Zufall"! Radical emendations of the text have been proposed by Ball ([] ) and Che. ( = 'Mighty one of Chuenaten' [Amenophis ]: OLz. iii. 151 f.); these are wholly unsatisfying, and the latter has not survived the criticisms of Müller (ib. 325 f.): see TBI, 467.—] 'thus placing.' As continuation of in $42a$, the inf. abs. is grammatically correct (G-K. § 113 z); and though the idiom is infrequent, there is no reason to suspect the text.—45. ] G (transposing and ? [see Nestle, ZATW, xxv. 209 ff.]). The old interpretations follow two lines: (1) 'Revealer of secrets' (Jos. Ant. ii. 91; ST$OJ$, Patr.), connecting with Heb. ; and (2) 'Saviour of the world' (Copt. p-sot-om-ph-eneḫ, De. Ho.); so V Jer. Quæst. Of modern Egyptological theories the one most in favour seems to be that propounded by Steindorff in ''Ztsch. f. Aeg. Spr.'' xxvii. 41 f.: that it represents Eg. De-pnute-ef'-onḫ, and means 'The god speaks and he lives.' It is said (ib. 42) that personal names of this type (though with the proper name of a deity) are common from the beginning of the 22nd dynasty. See the discussion in Heyes, op. cit. 258 ff., who prefers the interpretation