7. Show that the application of Psalm xli. to himself by Christ agrees well with its probable allusions to events connected with the History of David.

b. Notice the different interpretations given to the first of these verses, and state which seems to be preferred

9. Ps. xvii. 3, 4:—

a. Translate this passage, and point out the different explanations

b. Write a note explanatory of the sense of these verses.

What changes are

c. The LXX. reads our supten &p &uod dockta. drog an un anon τὸ στόμα μου. Ta koya Tov aveo Tov, K. 1. 2. required in the text in order to suit this translation?

b. The verb may be derived from different verbs. State the gram matical construction in each case.

c. The LXX. reads-Auddorov Xetods now is rolepop kai tou τόξον χαλκοῦν τοὺς βραχιονάς μου, καὶ ἔδωκάς με ὑπερασπισμὸν

σωτηρίας μου καὶ ἡ δεξιά σου ἀντελάβετό μου, καὶ ἡ παιδεία σου ἀνώρθωσέ με εἰς τέλος, καὶ ἡ παιδεία σου αυτή με διδάξει. What changes in the text would this reading require; and how are the last clauses to be accounted for?

11. Ps. XXXV. 15, 16:

ובצלעי שמחו ונאספו נאספו עלי נכים ולא ידעתי קרעו ולא דמו : בחנפי לעגי מעוג חרק עלי שנימו :

.לעגי מעוג a. Translate this passage, and explain the words

b. What explanations have been given for the word, and how does the LXX. translate it ?

c. Add the vowel points in this passage.

b. The meaning of verse 7 may be illustrated from Scripture?

אָזְנַיִם כָרִיתָ e. What explanation is to be preferred for the words

and why ?

d. Verse 8 may be translated so as to allude to a law of Moses?

e. How is this passage quoted in the Epistle to the Hebrews; and how is the translation there given to be explained from the Hebrew text?

13. Give the Hebrew text which corresponds to the following passages in the LXX. :—

Διεμερίσαντο τὰ ἱμάτιά μου ἑαυτοῖς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἱματισμόν μου Balov Anpon. Ps., xxii. 18.

Μὴ γίνεσθε ὡς ἵππος καὶ ἡμίονος, οἷς οὐκ ἔστι σύνεσις· ἐν χαλινῷ καὶ κημῷ τὰς σιαγόνας αὐτῶν ἄγξαι τῶν μὴ ἐγγιζόντων πρὸς σέ. Ps., xxxii. 9.

14. Translate the following comment on a passage in the Psalms:

.7 .Ps. xii כֶּסֶף צָרוּף בַּעֲלִיל לָאָרֶץ

הבית שרשית והלמד כפולה בשקל סגריר ופירושו אדון הארץ ושבה המלה כנגד השם יתברך שאמר בתחלה אמרות יי' אמרות טהרות אמר כי אמרותיו כסף צרוף מאדון הארץ שהוא השם יתברך שהוא צרף וזקק אותם ולמד לארץ כלמד הרגו לאבנר או תהיה במקום הא הידיעה.

2. Comment on these passages, stating any varieties of reading or interpretation which deserve to be noticed.

3. Write notes on the etymology and application of the names Hiddekel, Cherubim, Zaphnath Paaneah, giving also the original Hebrew form of each of these words.

4. Give the original of the following:-"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh come, and to him shall the gathering of the people be."

Write a note on it, stating, (a) the obvious syntactical oversight in the English Version; (6) the different constructions admissible, and the reasons for adopting that which you prefer: (c) the etymologies that have been suggested for Shiloh; and (d) the interpretation of

מחקק בין רגליו.

5. Give the original of, "Naphthali is a hind let loose, he giveth goodly words." State the rendering of the LXX., and what reading of the Hebrew they probably adopted. Comment on the true interpretation of the words.

6. How is the following rendering of the Vulgate to be accounted for ?—

ויצו את אשר על ביתו לאמר מלא את אמתחת האנשים אכל כאשר יוכלון שאת ושים

כסף איש בפי אמתחתו :

ויאמר גם עתה כדבריכם כן הוא אשר ימצא אתו יהיה לי עבד ואתם תהיו נקים :

EXAMINATION FOR PRIZES IN SYRIAC.

REV. G. LONGFIELD, D. D.

GRAMMAR.

1. Write out the 3 fut. m. sing of to call, with the different pronominal suffixes.

2. Write out the infinitives of all the conjugations of a verb

e. g.. Write down the infinitives Aphel of each of the following

verbs:

How do you express in Syriac the different persons sing. and plur. of the present tense of the substantive verb (to be)?

4. Give some examples of Syriac diminutive nouns.

5. Write down the Syriac cardinal numbers from 11 to 19 inclusive.

น

father (two forms), la serpent, I mother,

ooÎ nation.

7. Express in Syriac, "the sun was about to rise," "the sun had risen."

8. What different senses are implied by the repetition of a noun in Syriac without the copula?

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, I.-IX., AND EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS,

(a). Translate this passage.

H

.ܦܢ ܐܡܬܝ ܟܪܝܗܐ Giro tbo derivations of .)6(