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Hebrew words that are translated by it follow. These different words are
numbered so that by referring to the concordance of occurrences that follow,
each reference can be distinguished.
As an example, let us take the word `Purpose'.
Purpose.
Verb.
(1)
Omar, to say.
(2)
Poneem, face.
(3)
Zomam, to purpose, devise.
(4)
Khoshav, to think, imagine.
(5)
Yoats, to advise, counsel.
(6) Yotsar, to form.
(7)
Soom, to set, place, act.
(1)
1 Kings 5:5.
(4)
Jeremiah 26:3.
(1)
Chronicles 28:10.
(4)
Jeremiah 36:3.
Purposed
(2)
2 Chronicles 32:2.
(6)
Isaiah 46:11.
(3)
Psalm 17:3.
(3)
Jeremiah 4:28.
(4)
Psalm 140:4.
(4)
Jeremiah 49:20.
(3)
Isaiah 14:24.
(4)
Jeremiah 50:45.
(5)
Isaiah 14:26,27.
(4)
Lamentations 2:8.
(5)
Isaiah 19:12.
(7)
Daniel 1:8.
(5)
Isaiah 23:9.
It will be seen that in 1 Kings 5:5, No. 1 namely omar `to say' is
used: in 2 Chronicles 32:2, No. 2, namely poneem `face' is used, and so on.
At the end of the book is a list of proper names with their meanings.
Readers who are using more up -to -date works will recognize that the
transliteration of the Hebrew into English is somewhat curious -- but this is
no fault, and is soon overcome. There are altogether 590 pages in the book.
It can occasionally be seen second-hand and very often is offered for sale at
a very small figure.
Another work, of a more complete and exhaustive nature, is:
An English, Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon and Concordance, by William
Wilson, D.D. Second Edition, 1866.
The book contains:
(1)
A sketch of the construction of Hebrew, in which the chief heads
of Hebrew grammar are explained.
(2)
The Lexicon and Concordance.
(3)
A Hebrew and English Index.
(4)
Examples of the figure Paronomasia.
There is one feature of this valuable work however that is wanting. It
assumes that the reader can read the Hebrew without assistance. This however
should not deter the student -- anyone of average intelligence can learn an
alphabet of 22 letters in a day. Very much fuller notes are given than are
found in Aaron Pick's Concordance. The Hebrew and English Index serves the
same purpose as do the Index -lexicons at the back of Young's Analytical