. A dictionary of the Bible .. . hemippus, which inhabits thedeserts of Syria, Mesopotamia, and the northernparts of Arabia ; and Asinus vulgaris of N. , the true onager or aboriginal wild ass,whence the domesticated breed is sprung; probablyalso the Asinus onager, the Koulan or Ghorkhur,which is found in Western Asia from 48° N. lati- t> The Talmudists say the flesh of the ass causes avaricein those who eat it; but it cures the avaricious of thecomplaint {Zool. iks Talm. i)!65). A of uncertain derivation, usually derived fromnn unused root, to be slow, to walk with short step
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . hemippus, which inhabits thedeserts of Syria, Mesopotamia, and the northernparts of Arabia ; and Asinus vulgaris of N. , the true onager or aboriginal wild ass,whence the domesticated breed is sprung; probablyalso the Asinus onager, the Koulan or Ghorkhur,which is found in Western Asia from 48° N. lati- t> The Talmudists say the flesh of the ass causes avaricein those who eat it; but it cures the avaricious of thecomplaint {Zool. iks Talm. i)!65). A of uncertain derivation, usually derived fromnn unused root, to be slow, to walk with short steps; I but Fiirst (fie6. Concord, s. v.) demurs strongly to From l^y, fervcre. ^i^y, from root T^^y, to flee, to be thkiks the word is ononiatopoetic. C 2 XX ASS tude southwaixl to Persia, Belucliistan, :md WesternIndia, was not uniuiowii to the ancient Hebrews,though in all probability they confounded thesespecies. The Asinus hemionus, or Dshiggetai,which was separated from Asiaus hemippus (with. S^iian Wild As3 (.Asinus Hemipjms.)Specimen in Zoological Gardens. which it had long been confoimded) by Is. St. Hilaire,rould hardlv have been Iciiown to the Jews, as this
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