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GENERAL INDEX
Carvers, 82
Cavalry, 59 f.
Cereals, 35, 71
Cetaceans, 40
Chairs, 29
Charcoal, 83
Chariots, Charioteers, 60
Cheese, 34
Chests, 29
Children, birth, purification cere-
monies after birth, circumcision, 7 ;
feeding of infants, 8 ; weaning and
its festival, nurses male and female,
yδnek (suckling), gâmûl (weaned
child), '6lal,'6lel(child),ni'ar(boy),
yiledh, fem.yaldâ (boy, girl), 9 ; love
for, education, occupations of, to;
teachers, ɪ ɪ f. ; mode of teaching,
spelling-book, 12 ; discipline, re-
spect for parents, maternal love, ɪ 3 ;
on eighth day from birth, sacrifice
of, redemption as alternative, 14 ;
sale of daughters, not of sons, rights
safeguarded by Deuteronomic law,
15; boys’ sports, ι6
Chisels, 82
Circumcision, 7, 15, ι6
Cisterns, 27
Clay, 23 ; bitumen used by Baby-
lonians in lieu of, 24 ; potter’s, 86 f.
Clothing, 45 ff. ; rent as sign of mourn-
ing, 52 ; hair cloth adopted as, by
mourners, 52
Clubs, Cudgels, 62, 63
Common land, 77
Compasses (dividers), 83
Concubinage, see Marriage
Conduits, 28
Confectionery, 32
Conscription, 56
Cooking utensils, 32
Copper, 84 f.
Corals, 89
Cord (used as a ruler), 83
Corn, cleaning,grinding, 33 ; reaping,
&c., 68, 71
Corners of the field, the, 68, 71
Coverlets, 29
Cows, 34, 70, 71
Crockery, 30
Crowns, 89
Cucumbers, 37
Cups, 30 ; of earthenware, 87
Curd, 34
Dancing, ʒɪ, 52 ; at Shiloh, 8t
Debhash (wild honey), 36
Dead, bodies of the, regarded as un-
clean, disposal of the, 53
Débhek, pl. debhakim, cf. Armour, 58
Deer, 39, 64
Digging-stick, 69
Disciples, 12
Divans, 28, 29
Dogs, 62 ; Pariah-dogs, 64
Dorban (ox-goad), 67
Doré, Gustave, 75
Dovecots, 39, 72
Doves, 39, 72
Dress, 46 ff. ; Ladies’, 49
Drugs, vegetable, 89
Drunkenness, 42
Dugong, 40, 64
Dung-heaps, 70
Dyes, 47
Earthenware, 87
Education, see Children, Disciples,
Teachers, Writing
Eggs, of wild birds, 39
Eghel marbêk (t fatted calf’), 72
Elders, 91
Elδhim, sons of, 75 n.
Enclosure Acts, 77
Equipment, military, 57
Eth (ploughshare), 67
Eye-painting, 49
Ezδr ( = Arabic izdr, girdle), 45, 58
Fabric, woven, 46
Fallow ground, 70 ; in every septen-
nial year, 77
‘ Fading ’ (denoting beef), 39, 72
Feasts, at child-weaning, 9 ; weddings,
20 ; customs at, 43 f. ; music,
dancing associated with, 51 f. ;
agricultural, 66 ; of viħtage, 80 f. ;
in garden-houses, 81
Fetters, 84
Figs, 40 ; dried, 41
Fires, 26, 31; lighting of, 30; in
ovens, 32
Fish, 39 f., 64
Fishing, 40, 64 ; with spears, 40 ; with
hooks, 64
Flax, drying of, on roof, 26 ; wicks of,
31 ; made into woven fabric, 47
Flocks, care of, 6t
Flour, fine, 35
Fodder, 69
Food, 34 ff.
Foxes, 64
Freehold, 73
Fruit, au naturel, 40 ; dried, preserved,
41 ; gardens, 8ι
GENERAL INDEX
‘ Frying-pan into the fire, Out of the ’,
62 n.
Fuel, 31, 82
Fullers, 88
Furniture, 28
Gadish (shock of corn-sheaves), 68
Gall-water, 89
Game, 39
Gâmûl (weaned child), 9
Gardens, 81 ; on roofs, 25
Garlic, 38
Garzen (axe), 82
Gate, ‘ The Earthenware 87 j The
City, as forum, 92
Gazelles, 39
Gebina (butter), 34
Gentry, 55 f.
Giphen (vine, bine), 37
Gibb6r hayil (a ‘ gentleman ’), 55 f.
Gibeonite slaves, 82
Girdles, bridal, 21 ; varieties of, 45 ;
warrior’s, 45, 58 ; (equiv. ‘ grid-
dles ’), 32, 36, 84
Glass ornaments, 89
Glazing, 87
Gleaners, 68, 71
Goad, for oxen, 67
Goats, 34, 72 ; wild, 39, 64
Gold, 85 f.
Goldsmiths, 58 n., 85 f. ; guild of, 86.
Gomme, The Village Community, JJ,
79
Gourds, 37 f.
Grace before meat, 44
Grapes, 40, 80 ; skins mixed in pro-
vender, 69
Grazing grounds, allotment of, 78.
Grease, of animals, 43 ; smeared on
shields, 59
Greaves, 58
Green herbs, 37
Griddles, see Girdles
Grinding corn, 33
Gum, sweet, resinous, 88
Habhalim (ropes, traces), 67
Hair-dressing, 48
Halla (? perforated cake, biscuit), 36
Hdmes Cleaven), 36, 69
Hammers, 69 n., 82
Hanith (javelin), 57
Harash (smith), 58 n.
Harrows, 67
Hârûs (‘sharps’), 68
Harvest, 71
Hay, 69
Hayil (warlike efficiency), 55 f.
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Head-dress, 49 ; head covered in
mourning, 52
Hebrew metaphor, ɪ ff. ; poetry, 3
Helek (portion, share), 74f.
Hellenism, influence of, on Hebrew
life and thought, 6
Helmets, 57
Hem’a (curds), 34
Herds, possession of, 61
Herebh (sword), 57
Hermesh (sickle), 68
Hag6ra (girdle), 45, 58
Hiffim (arrows), 57
Honey, wild, 36, 37 ; run, 37 ; honey-
comb, 37
Horses, 59 f., 66, 72 n.
Houses, 23 ff. ; of unbaked bricks,
23 f. ; of hewn stone, 26 ; of the
wealthy, 26; roofs of, 25 ; summer-
houses, 25 ; bedrooms, 26 ; fires,
26 ; cistern, 27 ; locks, keys, 27 ;
inscriptions on outer door-posts, 27 ;
sanitation, 28 ; furnishing of, 28 ff.
Hunting, 63 ; use of sling in, 57
Husbandry, see Agriculture
Hyenas, 63
Ices, 44
Implements, 69, 82
Infantry, 60
Infants, feeding of, 8
Inscriptions, on outer door-posts, 27
Iron, 83 f.
Ivory, in internal house-decoration,
24 ; inlaid in bedsteads, 28 ; couches,
29; not in jewellery, 89
Jackals, 64
Jars, 32 ; as receptacles for documents,
30, 87 ; of earthenware, 87
Javelins, 57
Jewellers, 89
Job, 93
Judges, 91
‘Judgement ’, 93
Jugs, 32
Juniper root, 37
Justice, Administration of, 89 ff.
Kardom (axe), 82
Kasin (dictator), 91
Kaskassim (armour plates), 58
Kennett, Mr. Austin, Bédouin Justice.
95ff∙
Kisheth (bow), 57
Keys, 27
Kikldrbth Uhem (round loaves), 35
Kina (lament, wake-song), 53