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The Aramaic Papyri from Egypt: Notes on Obscure Passages
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
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THE following notes, which are the result of a fresh study of the Aramaic documents from Egypt in Cowley's admirable edition, are here published in the hope that they may do something towards resolving some of the difficulties Which still await a solution in these important texts.
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page 77 note 2 1 Kings, xvi, 24.
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page 78 note 1 Cowley's objection would be equally valid if 
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page 78 note 2 Gen. xiv, 23.
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page 79 note 1 1 Sam. xix, 13, 16.
page 79 note 2 2 Kings, viii, 15.
page 79 note 3 The roots 
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page 79 note 4 Jud. iv, 18.
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page 80 note 2 Cp. Gen. i, 14, where 
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page 80 note 4 No. 8, 1. 13.
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page 81 note 7 Ibid., 5 (20), 79.
page 82 note 1 Ibid., 12 (75), 197.
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(in 1. 124).
page 84 note 2 L1. 61, 85 (v. infr.).
page 84 note 3 L. 164.
page 84 note 4 L. 106.
page 84 note 5 L1. 70, 79.
page 84 note 6 L1. 71, 97, 101, 107, 126.
page 84 note 7 L. 96.
page 84 note 8 L. 87.
page 84 note 9 L. 94.
page 85 note 1 L1. 78, 80, 84, 95, 102.
page 85 note 2 L1. 65, 75, 89, 92, 100, 102, 104, 117, 127.
page 85 note 3 Ll. 62, 68, 72, 74, 76, 88, 93, 103.
page 85 note 4 L. 86.
page 85 note 5 L. 113.
page 85 note 6 L1. 61, 64, 85.
page 85 note 7 L. 106.
page 85 note 8 In E.S.E., ii, 244–8.
page 85 note 9 Except some MSS. in Josh, vii, 21.
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page 86 note 3 Cp. ibid., i, 1, 12,.
page 86 note 4 Ibid., i, 1.
page 86 note 5 Similarly the Hebr. 
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(Exod. xxix, 40), or of a 
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