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(c) MaHMaD, MaHaMoD (Lam. i. 7, 10; ii. 4, etc.).
These participles forms are also derivatives from the verb
"hamad" and mean: "most covetable, delightful, pleasant,
delicious, charming, precious, beloved."
That the Arabic form MuHaMmaD and the Hebrew
MaHMaD and MaHaMoD are derived from one and the
same verb or root, and that they, notwithstanding the slight
orthographic difference between the forms, have one com-
mon origin and signification, there cannot be a jot or iota of
doubt. I have given the meanings of the Hebrew forms as
the Jews and the lexicographers have understood them.
(d) It will therefore be observed that the Greek word
These participles forms are also derivatives from the verb
"hamad" and mean: "most covetable, delightful, pleasant,
delicious, charming, precious, beloved."
That the Arabic form MuHaMmaD and the Hebrew
MaHMaD and MaHaMoD are derived from one and the
same verb or root, and that they, notwithstanding the slight
orthographic difference between the forms, have one com-
mon origin and signification, there cannot be a jot or iota of
doubt. I have given the meanings of the Hebrew forms as
the Jews and the lexicographers have understood them.
(d) It will therefore be observed that the Greek word