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25:7, 2 Chronicles 26:16; 28:3; 32:8, 16, 21, 31; 33:13, 17, 18; 36:23; Job 42:10; Psalm 23:4; 55:16; 68:16; Isaiah 45:22. World, this word sometimes used for land or country, Isaiah 13:11; 24:14.

Worlds, thoughts respecting the plurality of, Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27.

Wormwood, figurative import of this word in Scripture, Deuteronomy 29:18; Lamentations 3:15. A man grievously afflicted termed by an Arabic poet a pounder of wormwood, ibid. Wotteth, its derivation and import, Genesis 39:8. Writing on the Egyptian papyrus, mode of, in ancient times, Numbers 9:1. Transpositions, errors of very easy occurrence, ibid. Account of the different modes of writing in the time of Job, Job 19:23.

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Xerxes, immense wealth of this Persian monarch, Daniel 11:3. His prodigious armament against Greece, ibid.

Xylophoria, a Jewish feast, for what purpose instituted, Exodus 23:14; Nehemiah 10:34.

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Yad, dy, a Jewish memorial symbol, Masoretic notes at the end of Joshua. {Joshua 24:33}

Yagid, dygy, a Jewish memorial symbol, Masoretic notes at the end of Deuteronomy. {Deuteronomy 34:12}

Yam, µy, rendered sea, its general import, Numbers 34:6; Deuteronomy 33:23; Joshua 1:4. Generally rendered in the Septuagint by qalassa, Numbers 34:6.

Year, length of a tropical or natural, according to the computation of modern astronomers, Genesis 1:14.

Year of release, institution of the, Deuteronomy 15:1. The whole book of Deuteronomy appointed to be read at this time, Deuteronomy 31:10, 11. This precept appears to have been very little attended to by the Jews, ibid.

Yechaveh, hwjy and vehegeh, hghy, import of these Jewish memorial symbols, Masoretic notes at the end of Exodus and Leviticus . {Leviticus 27:34}

Yenachilam, µlyjny, import of this Jewish memorial symbol, Masoretic notes at the end of Deuteronomy. {Deuteronomy 34:12} Yideonim, µyn[dy, why witches were so denominated by the ancients, Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:11.

Yisadecha, Ëd[sy, import of this memorial symbol of the rabbins, Masoretic notes at the end of Exodus. {Exodus 40:38} Yobelim, µylbwy, improperly rendered rams’ horns, Joshua 6:4. Youth of both sexes in Eastern countries marriageable at a very early age, 2 Kings 16:2.

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Zabii, singular instance of superstition among the, Exodus 23:19. Zahab, bhz, its derivation and import, Job 28:17. Zalmonah, the thirty - fourth station of the Israelites in the wilderness, where probably situated, and why so named, Numbers 33:41. Zamarenians, from whom probably descended, Genesis 25:2. Zamzummim, some account of this ancient people, Deuteronomy 2:20.

Zaphnath - paaneah, import of this word very uncertain, Genesis 41:45. Probably an Egyptian epithet, ibid.

Zarah, import of the name, Genesis 38:30.

Zarephath, the same with Sarepta of the Sidonians, 1 Kings 17:9. Zebulun, why so named, Genesis 30:20.

Zechariah, some account of this prophet, Introduction to Zechariah. {Zechariah 1:1}

Zeeb, a prince of the Midianites, import of his name, Judges 7:25. Zeh, hz, import of this word among the Jews, when used as a memorial symbol, Masoretic notes at the end of Genesis. {Genesis 50:26} Zelgaphoth, a pestilential east wind, suddenly killing those who are exposed to it, 1 Kings 20:43, in fine. Highly probable that a wind of this description, and not a wall, as stated in our translation, occasioned the death of the twenty - seven thousand Syrians in the time of Ben - hadad, ibid.

Zelophehad’s daughters, peculiar case of, Numbers 27:1. Solemn trifling of some commentators relative to the mysterious imports of their names, Numbers 33:7.

Zeradusht, Zerdust, or Zeratusht, see Zoroaster.

Zidon, where situated, Ezekiel 27:8.

Zif, a Hebrew month answering to a part of our April and May, 1 Kings 6:38. This name supposed to have been borrowed from the Chaldeans, and to be an evidence that the books of Kings were written after the Babylonish captivity, 1 Kings 6:1.

Zikenim, µynqz, a degree of civil distinction among the Hebrews, Joshua 23:2.

Zimerah, hrmz, probably a kind of musical instrument, Psalm 81:2. Zin, wilderness of, the thirty - second station of the Israelites in the wilderness, some account of, Numbers 33:36.

Zion, capture of this very celebrated fortress of the Jebusites by David, 2 Samuel 5:7. Dr. Kennicott’s translation of the Hebrew text which contains the account, ibid.

Ziph, where situated, Psalm 54:1, in principio. Zoan, the same with Tanis, Ezekiel 30:14.

Zodiac, signs of the, known in Egypt and Chaldea in the time of Joseph, Genesis 49:33, in fine. Very elegant allusion in the book of Psalms to the twelve signs of the zodiac, Psalm 65:11.

Zohair, an eminent Arabic poet, Psalm 60:1, in principio. Zonah, hnwz, commonly rendered harlot, what it properly imports, Genesis 38:15, 21. Distinction between hnwz zonah and hvdq, kedeshah, both indifferently rendered harlot in our versions, Genesis 38:21.

Zophar the Naamathite, who, Job 2:11.

Zoroaster or Zeradusht, traditions concerning, Exodus 3:2. Character of the institutes attributed to him, Deuteronomy 34:12, in fine. In what sense we are to understand the tradition that the works of Zoroaster, which are in prose, contain two millions of verses, Introduction to Ezra. {Ezra 1:1} Zoroaster supposed by some to be a confused picture of the prophet Daniel, Introduction to Daniel. {Daniel 1:1} Zuleekha, the name of Potiphar’s wife, according to the Asiatics, Genesis 39:6. Remarkable anecdote concerning this woman, as related in the Koran, ibid.

Zumeet, a kind of food, how prepared, 2 Samuel 17:28. Zuzim, a people of antiquity, possibly the same with the Zamsummim, Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 3:20.