A dictionary of the . a-mond, which it cannot be, for the He-brew name there used is never men-tioned with precious stones. Probablyit was the mineral emery, one of thehardest of rocks. ADAMI (earth, or human), a placeon the border of Naphtali, Josh. 19 : 33 ;probably the modern Khurbet Admah. ADAR (height), a town on thesouthern boundary of Judah, ADA ADM 15 : 3, and the same as Hazar-addar,Num. 34:4; possibly the modern Ainel-Kadeirat. ADAR. See Month. ADASA, or HADASHAH, atown in Judah, Josh. 15 : 37, near Beth-horon; now Adaseh. ADBEEL (miracle of God), a sonof Ishmael. Gen
A dictionary of the . a-mond, which it cannot be, for the He-brew name there used is never men-tioned with precious stones. Probablyit was the mineral emery, one of thehardest of rocks. ADAMI (earth, or human), a placeon the border of Naphtali, Josh. 19 : 33 ;probably the modern Khurbet Admah. ADAR (height), a town on thesouthern boundary of Judah, ADA ADM 15 : 3, and the same as Hazar-addar,Num. 34:4; possibly the modern Ainel-Kadeirat. ADAR. See Month. ADASA, or HADASHAH, atown in Judah, Josh. 15 : 37, near Beth-horon; now Adaseh. ADBEEL (miracle of God), a sonof Ishmael. Gen. 25 : 13 ; 1 Chr. 1: 29. ADDAN (stoy). Ezr. 2:59; calledalso Addon. Neh. 7 : 61. Its site isunknown. ADDAR (chief), a son of Bela, 1Chr. 8:3; called Ard in Num. 26 : 40. ADDER. The word translatedthus in various passages of the Bibledoes not always mean what the Englishword denotes. 1. In Gen. 49 : 17 it in-dicates a venomous serpent (perhaps thecerastes, or horned snake) which lurks inthe path. The usual habit of the ceras-. Horned Cerastes. {From specimen in British Museum.) tes is to coil itself on the sand, whereit basks in the impress of a camels foot-mark, and thence suddenly to dart outon any passing animal. So great is theterror which its sight inspires in horses,that I have known mine, when I was rid-ing in the Sahara, to suddenly start andrear, trembling and perspiring in everylimb, and no persuasions would in-duce him to proceed. I was quite un-able to account for his terror until Inoticed a cerastes coiled up in a depres-sion two or three paces in front, with itsbasilisk eyes steadily fixed on us, andno doubt preparing for a spring as thehorse passed.— Tristram. 2. In Ps. 58 : 4 and 91: 13 the Egyp-tian cobra is probably meant, for it isfound in southern Palestine, dwells inholes, is used by snake-charmers, and isvery dangerous. This is the animal24 seen on Egyptian monuments, symbol-izing immortality, and always connectedwith the winged globe. In the formerpassa
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