Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scripture Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions of the HindoosJ. Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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... hand unto the Lord the Most High God . " To lift up the right hand with the fingers towards heaven is equivalent to an oath . Hence Dr. Boothroyd has rendered the passage , " I swear to Jehovah . " To lift up the hand in confirmation of ...
... hand unto the Lord the Most High God . " To lift up the right hand with the fingers towards heaven is equivalent to an oath . Hence Dr. Boothroyd has rendered the passage , " I swear to Jehovah . " To lift up the hand in confirmation of ...
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... hand round the little finger of the right hand of the bride , and they walk round the fire three times from left to right . " Fire is the witness of their covenant ; and if they break it , fire will be their destruction . " In the ...
... hand round the little finger of the right hand of the bride , and they walk round the fire three times from left to right . " Fire is the witness of their covenant ; and if they break it , fire will be their destruction . " In the ...
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... hand on the face in a longitudinal position ; and sometimes give a long and graceful sweep with the right hand , from the forehead to the ground . 15.- - " My lord , hearken unto me , the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver ...
... hand on the face in a longitudinal position ; and sometimes give a long and graceful sweep with the right hand , from the forehead to the ground . 15.- - " My lord , hearken unto me , the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver ...
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... hand . " When the father ( or the mother ) has become aged , the children say , " The day for the lamentation of our father is at hand . " " The sorrowful time for our mother is fast ap- proaching . " If requested to go to another part ...
... hand . " When the father ( or the mother ) has become aged , the children say , " The day for the lamentation of our father is at hand . " " The sorrowful time for our mother is fast ap- proaching . " If requested to go to another part ...
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... hand to his forehead , stoops to the ground as if touching his feet , to show submission . Should no notice be taken , he will go and " tarry a few days longer , and again repeat the same humiliations , till he shall have gained his ...
... hand to his forehead , stoops to the ground as if touching his feet , to show submission . Should no notice be taken , he will go and " tarry a few days longer , and again repeat the same humiliations , till he shall have gained his ...
Expressions et termes fréquents
alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus India Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king Lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama
Fréquemment cités
Page 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Page 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Page 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 421 - Let their table become a snare before them : and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Page 37 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Page 215 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Page 151 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 376 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.