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the worship of God at a specially consecrated stone meant
for that purpose. In those days, when the chosen family
were leading a nomadic and pastoral life, it had no
settled habitation where to build a house, especially dedicated
to the worship of God; they used to erect a particular stone
around which they used to make a hajj; that is to say, to turn
round seven times in the form of a dancing-ring. The word
hajj might frighten the Christian readers and they might
shrink at its sight because of its Arabic form and be-
cause of its being at present a Muslim religious per-
formance. The word hajj is exactly identical in meaning
and etymology with the same in the Hebrew and
other Semitic languages. The Hebrew verb hagag is the
same as the Arabic hajaj, the difference being only in the
pronunciation of the third letter of the Semitic alphabet
for that purpose. In those days, when the chosen family
were leading a nomadic and pastoral life, it had no
settled habitation where to build a house, especially dedicated
to the worship of God; they used to erect a particular stone
around which they used to make a hajj; that is to say, to turn
round seven times in the form of a dancing-ring. The word
hajj might frighten the Christian readers and they might
shrink at its sight because of its Arabic form and be-
cause of its being at present a Muslim religious per-
formance. The word hajj is exactly identical in meaning
and etymology with the same in the Hebrew and
other Semitic languages. The Hebrew verb hagag is the
same as the Arabic hajaj, the difference being only in the
pronunciation of the third letter of the Semitic alphabet