The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page xviii
... ANIMALS , are also divided into three classes . 1. CATTLE . Bellua . By which all animals capable of being domesticated , of the larger kind , seem to be designated . .BEHEMAH בהמה 2. WILD BEASTS . CHIAH . Fera . Beasts of prey ; such ...
... ANIMALS , are also divided into three classes . 1. CATTLE . Bellua . By which all animals capable of being domesticated , of the larger kind , seem to be designated . .BEHEMAH בהמה 2. WILD BEASTS . CHIAH . Fera . Beasts of prey ; such ...
Page xix
... animals , & c . II . BIRDS , into ( 1 , ) those of the land ; ( 2 , ) those of the air , or " flying fowl ; " and ( 3 , ) those of the water which are not web - footed : the birds of prey being classed into ( 1 , ) those that feed on ...
... animals , & c . II . BIRDS , into ( 1 , ) those of the land ; ( 2 , ) those of the air , or " flying fowl ; " and ( 3 , ) those of the water which are not web - footed : the birds of prey being classed into ( 1 , ) those that feed on ...
Page xx
... animals came to present them- selves before Adam , both in acknowledgment of his supremacy , and to receive from him a name ; and that this was all done at one time , or in the course of a natural day . But it is not neces- sary to ...
... animals came to present them- selves before Adam , both in acknowledgment of his supremacy , and to receive from him a name ; and that this was all done at one time , or in the course of a natural day . But it is not neces- sary to ...
Page xxi
... animals , sheep and kine , was 2 BEME , in which sound the lowing of the one , and the bleating of the other , seem to be imitated ; so the name of the common ass Ty ORUD , and of the wild ass PRA , resembles their braying . The name of ...
... animals , sheep and kine , was 2 BEME , in which sound the lowing of the one , and the bleating of the other , seem to be imitated ; so the name of the common ass Ty ORUD , and of the wild ass PRA , resembles their braying . The name of ...
Page xxii
... animals prohibited as unclean , were the SOLI- PEDES , or those with one hoof , as the horse , and the ass : the animals allowed to be eaten , as clean , were the FISSIPEDES , or those of hoofs divided into two parts , or cloven , as ...
... animals prohibited as unclean , were the SOLI- PEDES , or those with one hoof , as the horse , and the ass : the animals allowed to be eaten , as clean , were the FISSIPEDES , or those of hoofs divided into two parts , or cloven , as ...
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