The cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament - The Search For ...

308 THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS AND TEE 0. T
assumes the shorter form Ammi (^J3J?). Thus in Rassam's fragments,
quoted in Delitzsch Parad. p. 294, we have a king helonging to the
time of Asurbanipal Am-mi-na-ad-bi (^li^sy
Exod. VI. 23. 1 Chron.
VI. 7). Other analogous compound names, such as Ammi-shaddai and
Ammi-el, may he found in the Hebrew Lexicon. The last case is in-
teresting as we have the same elements inverted in Eliam (2 Sam.
XI. 3). Dr. Neubauer has pointed out that we have the same name
for deity in Jei'oboajn.. Prof. Sayce observes that the "mother of
Rehoboam was an Ammonitess, and Eehoboam is formed exactly like
Rehab-iah (1 Chron. XXIII. 17) just as Jekam-'am (1 Chron. XXIII.
19) is formed like Jekam-iah (1 Chron. II. 41)."
Exod. XXVI. 31. niDiS
curtain {before the Holy of Holies). In
Assyrian also we have a word from the same root "I'HD viz. parakku
signifying shrine. Thus Nabonidus invoking the god Samas says
V Rawl. 64 col. III. 13 ana I'babbara bit naramika ina iribika
14. parakkaka darii ina rami'ka "when thou enterest Ibabbara
thy beloved house, 14. when thou dwellest in thine eternal shrine."
Parakku meant the inner shrine or adytum. Comp. Sayce, Hibbert
Lectures p. 64.
Vol. I p. 142. Exod. XXVIII. 41 Ql^TIi^ DN^DI