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H. (Heb . M, Cheth ; the hieroglyph was an
altar thus, and
finally the Hebrew
M .) The
eighth letter in
AI A-
the alphabet,
and in the Hebrew has the value in number of
8, while the Heb . ' 1, He, which is of the same
hieroglyphic formation, has the numerical
valuation of 5 .
H. . A . . B . • . An abbreviation of Hiram
Abif .
Habakkuk . (Heb . 7171, a struggler, a
favorite .) The eighth of the twelve minor
prophets . No account is contained in the
Book of Habakkuk, either of the events of his
life or the data when he lived . He is believed
by many to have flourished about 630 B .c .
In the Thirty-second Degree of the A . A .
Scottish Rite, his name answers to the passwords
Tuesday and Xerxes .
Habin. (Heb . I'11, intelligius .) Name of
the initiate in the Fourth Degree of the modern
French Rite, sometimes given as Johaben,
or Jabin .
Habramah or Jabamiah. (Fanum excelsum
.) Said to be used in the Thirtieth Degree
of the A . A . Scottish Rite in France ; it is
not used in America .
Racquet, G . A French notary at Port-au-
Prince, subsequently a member of the Grand
Orient of Paris, and President of the Royal
Arch Chapter at Paris in 1814 .
Hadeeses . An Arabic word, signifying the
traditions handed down by Mohammed and
preserved by ' the Mohammedan doctors .
They are said to amount to 5266 in number .
Many of the traditions of Mohammedan Masonry
are said to be borrowed from the
Hadeeses, just as much of the legendary lore
of European Masonry is to be found in the
Jewish Talmud .
Hfifedha. The second of the four gods
worshiped by the Arab tribe of Ad, before the
time of Mohammed, to which Hfld, or Heber,
was sent. These were SAkia, the god of rain ;
Hafedha, the preserver from danger ; Razeka,
the provider of food ; and S51ema, the god of
health .
Hagar. The old lectures taught the doctrine,
and hence it was the theory of the
Masons of the eighteenth century, that the
landmark which requires all candidates for initiation
to be free born is derived from the fact
that the promise which was given to Isaac, the
free-born son of Abraham and Sarah, was
denied to Ishmael, the slave-born son of the
Egyptian bondwoman Hagar . This theory is
entertained by Oliver in all his writings, as a
part of the old Masonic system . (See Free
Born .)
Haggai . According to Jewish tradition,
Haggai was born in Babylon during the captivity,
and being a young man at the time of
the liberation by Cyrus, he came to Jerusalem
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in company with Joshua and Zerubbabel, to
aid in the rebuilding of the Temple . The
work being suspended during the reigns of the
two immediate successors of Cyrus, on the accession
of Darius, Haggai urged the renewal of
the undertaking, and for that purpose obtained
the sanction of the king . Animated by
the courage and patriotism of Haggai and
Zechariah, the people prosecuted the work
with vigor, and the second Temple was completed
and dedicated in the year 516 B .c.
In the Royal Arch system of America, Haggai
represents the scribe, or third officer of a
Royal Arch Chapter . In the English system
he represents the second officer, and is called
the prophet .
Hague, The . A city of the Netherlands,
formerly South Holland . Freemasonry was
introduced there in 1731 by the Grand Lodge
of England, when an occasional Lodge was
opened for the initiation of Francis, Duke of
Lorraine, afterward Emperor of Germany.
Between that year and 1735 an English and a
Dutch Lodge were regularly instituted, from
which other Lodges in I olland subsequently
proceeded . In 1749, the Lodge at The Hague
assumed the name of "The Mother Lodge of
the Royal Union," whence resulted the National
Grand Lodge, which declared its independence
of the Grand Lodge of England in
1770 . (See Netherlands .)
Hah . The Hebrew definite article 1, "the ."
It forms the second syllable of the Substitute
Word .
Hail or Hale. This word is used among
Masons with two very different signification .
1 . When addressed as an inquiry to a visiting
brother it has the same import as that in
which it is used under like circumstances by
mariners . Thus : "Whence do you bail?"
that is,"Of what Lodge are you a member?"
Used in this sense, it comes from the Saxon
term of salutation "H . L," and should be
spelled "hail ." 2. Its second use is confined
to what Masons understand by the "tie," and
in this sense it signifies to conceal, being derived
from the Saxon word "JELAN," to hide,
the e being pronounced in Anglo-Saxon as a
in the word fate . By the rules of etymology,
it should be spelled "hale," but is usually
spelled "hele ." The preservation of this Saxon
word in the Masonic dialect, while it has
ceased to exist in the vernacular, is a striking
proof of the antiquity of the Order and its
ceremonies in England . "In the western parts
of England," says Lord King (Crit . Hist . Ap .
Creed, p . 178), "at this very day, to hele over
anything signifies, among the common people,
to cover it ; and he that covereth an house with
tile or slate is called a helliar ."
Hall Committee . A committee established
in all Lodges and Grand Lodges which
own the building in which they meet, to which
is entrusted the supervision of the building .
The Grand Lodge of England first appointed