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phecy, it will be well to explain the etymology of the two
words as briefly as possible: -
(a) Himda. The clause in the original Hebrew text reads thus:
"ve yavu himdath kol haggoyim," which literally rendered
into English would be "and will come the Himda of all nations."
The final hi in Hebrew, as in Arabic, is changed into th, or t
when in the genitive case. The word is derived from an archaic
Hebrew - or rather Aramaic - root hmd (consonants pronounced hemed).
In Hebrew hemed is generally used in the sense of great
desire, covet, appetite and lust. The ninth command of the
Decalogue is: "Lo tahmod ish reikha" ("Thou shalt not
covet the wife of thy neighbor"). In Arabic the verb
phecy, it will be well to explain the etymology of the two
words as briefly as possible: -
(a) Himda. The clause in the original Hebrew text reads thus:
"ve yavu himdath kol haggoyim," which literally rendered
into English would be "and will come the Himda of all nations."
The final hi in Hebrew, as in Arabic, is changed into th, or t
when in the genitive case. The word is derived from an archaic
Hebrew - or rather Aramaic - root hmd (consonants pronounced hemed).
In Hebrew hemed is generally used in the sense of great
desire, covet, appetite and lust. The ninth command of the
Decalogue is: "Lo tahmod ish reikha" ("Thou shalt not
covet the wife of thy neighbor"). In Arabic the verb