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(2 Kings ix. 17, etc.). In ancient times - that is, before
the building of the Temple of Solomon - the Prophet or the
"Man of God" was called Roi or Hozi, which means the
"seer" ( 1 Sam. ix. 9). The Hebrew scholars are, of course,
familiar with the word Msaphpi, or rather Msappi, which
is equivalent in orthography to the Arabic musaphphi, which
signifies "one who endeavors to elect that which is pure,
sound, firm," and so forth. The watchman on the Tower of
Yizrael, as quoted above, was gazing and watching sharply
from a great distance to distinguish a company of persons
coming on towards the town. He saw the first messenger of
the King who arrived and joined the group but did not re-
turn. The same was the case with the second and the third
envoy. It was later on that the Sophi could distinguish the
chief of the group as Jehu. Now, what then was the business
and the office of that watchman? It was to look out sharply
from some distance to distinguish one among the others with
the building of the Temple of Solomon - the Prophet or the
"Man of God" was called Roi or Hozi, which means the
"seer" ( 1 Sam. ix. 9). The Hebrew scholars are, of course,
familiar with the word Msaphpi, or rather Msappi, which
is equivalent in orthography to the Arabic musaphphi, which
signifies "one who endeavors to elect that which is pure,
sound, firm," and so forth. The watchman on the Tower of
Yizrael, as quoted above, was gazing and watching sharply
from a great distance to distinguish a company of persons
coming on towards the town. He saw the first messenger of
the King who arrived and joined the group but did not re-
turn. The same was the case with the second and the third
envoy. It was later on that the Sophi could distinguish the
chief of the group as Jehu. Now, what then was the business
and the office of that watchman? It was to look out sharply
from some distance to distinguish one among the others with