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 F-EflacnnT, 187-5-1 SKETCH OF SADjKA^ GRAMMAR. 3 ?v*e (llftl. Ml.) nffS (Hid. 3, 4.) ttXti rtxt (Fr. Li. rin Fr, LIT.) 4 rm* (Hal. 412, 2.) srw (Hai 148, 10.) psrw (Ok. xxxi. 1, 2.) psx. 5 (^-r..) (Hal, 152, £.7. 84.) 0* nfrc(HaU$2,l.) ;.: (Unl, lt>L' f I f 256 t S ) (to (H. G.) 7 (p?j=) r^ (Hal 199, 1.) 8 c*** (Hal 51, 19.) P pA (Os, i. &) 9 ami (Hal. 648, 84) (pen) 10 m=r (Hal. 125, 14-16.) lev (Hi.?. I r r2, 5.) 17 teste (Hal 100. L) 20 *cti - nrn. T (Os. xxu, 1-2.) 30 *rt (Hal, 486, S.) 40 m (Hal, 43, 10 j H. G.) ■nrrw (Hal. 109, 1 ) 50 (odfc) GO 7re(Hn1.:i52,S.) TO ra> (Hal. 8, 4.) 90 ot Ml 661,2.) bcrfi (Hid. 384, ft) Twnfi (Hal. 466.) 90 (to.) 100 r« (Hal. m, 4 j 466.) cv^llul, ;i, 4) 1000 f^CHid. 535,1.) erf* (Hal. 4ft, 3, 4.) p* (Hal. 52o, 2.) Tho variety presented by tho numerals in tho fly from f hr .nl.i i n.: i >l t In- tijnruuatioas b BSOd :. In the Mi mean dialect thy s oCra is elided, and the word become* tP, it appears, with the reduplication of the n ab- solutely, as in ilia Hebrew 0£e for trr:^. The pronuneiatinn ran far rnx seems to be ft pfMmliar- it j of tho Hndromaut dialect. The fluctuation vu nm* and few is observable in ordinary Sobumi!, and tho s&mn occurs al*o in nto, fffftt rrtfi (rfcn) ; lastly fro is contracted to ft in the inscription of Htfin-G'hurnb, which ia prob- ably one of tho least ancient texts. There are but few examples of dm-fred nu- merals ; tho radical cumbers servo aJ«o as or- dinals, #.#. trMft en, ' on the eighth day.' In compound numbers an "i is added to the ami numeral, thus : — anno asra *wsi revftn {ItaL 3 f 4), 'of (the your) 57$;' crtrii cticj rci -rr»oi f ' of the year 040' {Man- linger^ copy, 11. Qt) Of maltipHcatlves HoleVy found only Tfc, which appears to hint to mean 'two pairs 1 in Tcra vn (Hal. 375, 2), ' two pairs of planks ?' written defectively for *r*^, which ia suggested by the Hebrew =*fc. Among thu fractions riVto (Hah 200, 2), 'one-third/ occurs in coa- fortuity witfi the Arabic c*lj, The pbrasc t -rtfi ■ws (Ha J. 6*17, 2) appears to mean ' two portions often,* because the word t, strictly * baud/ im- plies aliju ' port, portion, 1 and this locution proves to a certainty that the Saharaus nsad tho deci- mal system in their measurea of length, which will be mentinnftd further on. Like all civilized nation* of antiquity, tho Sabwans made use of numeral ngures, bur their system of notation differs from that of the other r?tiaiuo nations. The figures are always placed Whveeu two ladder-like strokes larger thou tho other on&moters, to avoid confusion. As in some inscriptiona the numbers are not only gixen in figures, hut, for gmter seeurity, also in letters, they can be idouti£vd with tokniblo f'adlity. Up to 4 the numbers are reprBaooted only by perpendicular strokes, Mb the Boman noutinn, and tho large numbers are, as far as possible, tvprtvwrntcd by tho initial* of the words used to •into them in the written languo^:.* Tho inscriptions furnish the following clous but hiHufnniont information eo«ec; tho measures and money current among thu Sftbasans : — Aioong them, as among other Semi- tic nations, thu cubit appears to have been tho unit or messnremant : tiw (pL «jh) Hebrew rrp* { iiL rra*. Tbus vkj* "«« r& (Hal. 1W, I;, 17 cubits; rm ttw ss (i"^.) 47 nnbim; rwAo (Ail. 256, 2), 6 cubits: uat fMc (ffu/. 800, 2), ons-third of a cubit; na* rrf» (Hal. 413, 1 ; 417. 2), 5 ouhtts. Among the divisions of thu cubit the finger ia twice mentioned in tho texts : eras* m» (£/«/. W7, 1-2), onu finger; ?»*Tsn (ib. dol, 2), eight fingers. Then comes the sfc which was n meaoure of capacity omniuj the Jews. This foot results from thu following passaga : — C7 nr» ran phal (ffaf. 2U, 2), half a cubit ami five^o6. The foot appears to haw bean designated by the word tro (sfc»*- »"'. pi cb»), from, kse* g reoessit C w *c ti p (/? ^ixty foet (?). A sub-dlrision of the foot occurs
 * Tii» wbcilftsjr«em up to the tntmh«r 4000 will bo ewiljr aadDCvtwd fata Uw plaw, pift 9S<