. The comprehensive commentary on the Holy Bible : containing the text according to the Authorised version : Scott's marginal references : Matthew Henry's commentary, condensed ... the practical observations of Thomas Scott : with extensive notes, selected from Scott, Doddridge, Gill [et al.]. in the 1st alphabet; No. 7, his name in the 2d alpha-bet; No. 8, his name in a Persepolitan aljihabet thought to be stillmore modern. Grotefend thus reads an inscriiition from Persepolis,given by Niebxthr ; Kschersche * (cut, 4,) Xcr\:, {Champ, found theinscriptions 5, and 6, on an Egyptian alabaster
. The comprehensive commentary on the Holy Bible : containing the text according to the Authorised version : Scott's marginal references : Matthew Henry's commentary, condensed ... the practical observations of Thomas Scott : with extensive notes, selected from Scott, Doddridge, Gill [et al.]. in the 1st alphabet; No. 7, his name in the 2d alpha-bet; No. 8, his name in a Persepolitan aljihabet thought to be stillmore modern. Grotefend thus reads an inscriiition from Persepolis,given by Niebxthr ; Kschersche * (cut, 4,) Xcr\:, {Champ, found theinscriptions 5, and 6, on an Egyptian alabaster vase; he reads \ . and this seems to have been the key to the deci-phering of the Persepolitan alphabets.) Kh-jCmehioh (king) eghre(powerful, valiant) Khschehioh KHSCHE!i!oicn,(ci;t, 3, king of kings.(Ezra, vii. 12. Ac.) Shah in shah, the modern title also of the Persiankings) .1. o. (filius .) Dariieausch KHscnEuiOHAHB (of king Darius)Bux (successor) .Vkheotchcschoh (of the sovereign of the world.) Ed. <;??.-«.<«.^, SH i ^;^.H^.<Yy.«.V. D . A . R . H . E , 0 . SCH . . («;;-y<;-A. 7^ KH . SCH . . -•• KH .SCH. E ^«;:y«.ryy.^ KH . .E . E . .. I . o If, H .TCH . .. • If ilie thiid character in ll)o name of Xerxes, {Kaher-she^) and the 4ih in that ofDarius (Da-ic-uali) be a %\gn to d»lermine the pronnnciatian ; one mighl irnag-inethe appirate to be changed, nfior certain consonants, into w or y, so that the twonames would read Ktthtcerahe and Daryeush or Daryeoesh : a supposition whichmay .serve to explain how the Hebrew.*, like the Egyptians, by placing an a befoieeach word commencing-with two silent consonants, in order ; facilitate the pro-nunciation, as the French would employ an e for the same purpose, might easilychans^c the name of Xerxes into AhshiTith, Ahhnshverosh^ and Duriis into Dryrsh^Daryaveph. In all probability, the Persian name of Xerxes miirh
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