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ora, or to its authors. Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.

The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ. And told them the Messiah now was born. Milton.

of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.

A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it.

The modern Hebrew language.

of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.

A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.

A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.

pecially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: -- At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.

e nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism. The antithetic or parallelistic form of Hebrew poetry is entirely lost. Milman.

A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb.

The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also peschito.]

To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.

A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known. Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Ps. xxxiii. 2.

One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite. E. Robinson.

One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes. Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads. Brome.

The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.

, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.

hat which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e…