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numbers of Snm. For instance. Jared, hlethuselah, with Solbi?. 3 hrs. SE, from Ramleh towards \'%lG
and Lnrnech die in the year 1307, i .~, probably, not (Aijalon); the situation suits, but not the phonetic
in the 14 months of this year befoie the Hood, but in phenomena [see Kampffmeyer'a article, ZDPY l5f.).
the flood ; therefore they are sinners. Enoch is trans- h in the case of ~IAKAZ [yu.], between which place
lated in 887, because he walked with God-i.e., was not and Berh~shemesh Shadhim ir mentioned in Kinxs,
a sinner. The see " of the first five oatriarchs and of corruption is highly probable. We hare the place-
Noah is about goo; the earlier deaths of Jared. names Sha'ul (in Gikath-sha'ul). Shbal, Sha'alinl, nnd
Methurelah, and Lamech are punirhmentr for wicked- Shulisha, and it is difficult not to class Shaalbim with
ness. That two men-Enoch and Noah-'walked with there. In r K.49 6" gives @n8.hopa, which may
God' in the midst of sinners. is due to Ps religious have arisen, not out of a misapprehmrion of 3 in D , ~ $
optimism. It is also noteworthy that in Sam. all the (which d" taker as a preposition). but out of a true
earlier patriarchs are witnesses of the trans1rtion of sense that the name began with nq. h, as the present
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Enoch. Budde even finds this theory conhrmed by the writer thinks, Beth-shemesh, wherever it occurs, is a
names of the patriarchs, at Least so fa as Mahalalel,
Jared, Methurelah, and perhaps Lamech are concerned ;
distortion of Beth-""shim (=.a Curhite refflemrnt'), it
is reasonable to explain Shaalbim, not as 'place of
but in thrr he eoes " too far. He also coniecturer that foxes,' but ar Beth-sha'alim ('place of Sha'alim'), or
tile numbers of MT (according towhich only Ivlethuselah Beth-yirhmflelim j' . place of Ishmaeliter ')-surely a
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dies in the Deluge) were substituted for the original ones bette; explanation. T. K. C.
froin the presupposition that the Sethiter were the holy
Ilne, which re~resented the theocratic raditian, as
opposed to the Cainire. These glimpser at possible
SHAALIM (~*$?w.y), I S. 9, RV, AV SXALLM
(c'. 1.
speculations in Jewish schools (from P onwards 7). which
are somewhat in the style of the Book of Jubilees,' are
of great interest. From a text-critical point of view the
evidence supplied by Sam, of the late date at which
alterations were made in the Hebrew text is even more
striking.
SHAAlZAlDl, AV Sharaim (DIM, as if 'two
See Bertheau, JDT23ai~lZ' Rudds. UiyrrchiWM), Erth. 2x4. See HEGAI.
'0'.
SEVEN. See NuMesn, g 5, OATH. § I, and cp
BEERSH~BA, 3 3, and U'i. GI2221.
SEVENEH (ill!?), Ezek. 29 ra 306, RV, AV, RVmn.
SYENE.
SEVEN STARS. See ST.p+, r ara~~.~s~o Leu, -+. [AI): the pironymic
Shaailbonite(')>?y4 S. 2332, oda&lvr~rlr [BA], rahp.~.vc
IL1: I Ch. 11 33, oda8uvr [ALI, bprt [BI. rww. Ill. See
,T~e,.v..,
.' .., . - . ,.
Some (including Conder and Steuernagel) identify
1 cp f"L~lb lB8, Ginrbl; some edd. K!>&'
7 : . - . .
,r .":,r, alw a;,* and m9; the last fa"", ia., Shahls,
is favoured by @a*: vop~a [BI, srp~a [A], lbnr eaL vrxcal.
and ir perhaps to be ye:shrrcd; perhaps 'Yahw* hrr for-
:otten.' cp \"?: Sab. "2)" and see NAMES, % 31, thouell
,,me% of thir t F may quite well + expanded ethnics iChe.1.
pesh. read3 R ior B or K),. name m a ~mealogy of BENJAMIN
q.0. $ g ii. 6) ; r Ch. 8 10 1. See /QR 11 lor, D 6.
SHACKLES (i)>'Y), Jer.296 RV, RVm* CoLLAa
y.u. 3).
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