. A dictionary of the Bible .. . that identifi-cation is impossible. As the LXX. make use ofthe word Basihsk (Ps. xc. 13; xci. 13, A. V.)it was thought desirable to say this much on thesubject.^ It is possible that the Tsiphoni may be repre-sented by the Algerine adder {Clotho mauritanica), •• The Basilisk of naturalists is a most forbidding-looking yet harmless lizard of the family Igimnidae,order Sauria. In using the term, therefore, care mustbe taken not to confound the mythical serpent withthe veritable Saurian. ° ]0)in (Ilurman), pcrniciosns, from mpl, todestroy. Ita R. Salom. Chaldaeum e
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . that identifi-cation is impossible. As the LXX. make use ofthe word Basihsk (Ps. xc. 13; xci. 13, A. V.)it was thought desirable to say this much on thesubject.^ It is possible that the Tsiphoni may be repre-sented by the Algerine adder {Clotho mauritanica), •• The Basilisk of naturalists is a most forbidding-looking yet harmless lizard of the family Igimnidae,order Sauria. In using the term, therefore, care mustbe taken not to confound the mythical serpent withthe veritable Saurian. ° ]0)in (Ilurman), pcrniciosns, from mpl, todestroy. Ita R. Salom. Chaldaeum explicat,OnkeloR autem reddit, Sicut serpens Ilurman, quodest nomen serpcntis cujusdam, cujus moisus est insa-nahilis; is autem est basiliscus ^JlySV {Crit. Sacri,i. 1114). ADDER iii but it must be confessed that this is mere con-jecture. Dr. Harris, in his Natural History of theBihle, erroneously supposes it to be identical withthe Pajah zephen of Forskal, which, however, is {Trigon zephen, Cuv.), and not a Algenne Adder. (Briti&h Museum.) 4. Shephiphon {^^^^ : iyKadiif^evos: cerastes) occurs only in Gen. xlix. 17, where it is used tocharacterise the tribe of Dan: Dan shall be aserpent by the way, an adder in the path, thatbiteth the horses heels, so that his rider shall fallbackward. Various are the readings of the oldversions in this passage: the Samaritan interpretsShephtphon by lying in wait; the Tar-gums ofJonathan, of Onkelos, and of Jerusalem, with theSyriac, a basilisk. ^ The Arabic interpretersErpenius and Saadias have the horned snake ; and so the Vulg. Cerastes. The LXX., like theSamaritan, must liave connected the Hebrew termwith a word which expresses the idea of sittingin ambush. The original word comes from a rootwhich signifies to prick, pierce, or bite. = The habit of the Shephiphon, alluded to inJacobs prophecy, namely, that of lurking in thesand and biting at the horses heels,* suits thecharacter of a well known species of venomoussnake,
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