As the Hebrew word נא, _Na_, signifies the present time—so when the Indians desire a person to receive something from them speedily, they say, _Nà_ (short and gutturally) _eescha_, “take it, now.” He replies _Unta_, or _Omeh_, which are good-natured affirmatives. The pronoun relative, “you,” which they term _Ishna_, is a compounded Hebrew word, signifying (by application) the person present, or “you.” With the Hebrews, הר הר, _Hara Hara_, signifies, “most, or very, hot;” the repetition of the word makes it a superlative. In a strict resemblance of that word, and mode of speech, when an Indian is baffled by any of their {42} humorous wits, he says, in a loud jesting manner, _Hara Hara_, or _Hala Hala_, according to their capacity of pronouncing the liquid _R_: and it signifies, “you are very hot upon me:” their word, which expresses “sharp,” conveys the idea of bitter-heartedness with them; and that of bitterness they apply only to the objects of taste. With the Cheerake, Chikkasah, and Choktah Indians, _Nannè_ signifies “a hill:” and _Nannéh_, with the two last-mentioned nations, “a fish;” and _Unchàba_, “a mountain.” But they call an alligator, or crocodile, _Nannéh Chunchāba_, literally, “the fish like a mountain;” which the English language would abbreviate into the name of a mountain-fish; but, instead of a hyphen, they use the Hebrew כ, a note of resemblance, which seems to point at the language from which they derived it. In like manner, _Aà_ signifies to walk, and _Eette_, wood; but _Eette Chanáa_, any kind of wheel; which is consonant to the aforesaid Hebrew idiom; with many others of the like nature: but a specimen of this sort must suffice. The Hebrew and Indian words, which express delineating, writing, decyphering, marking, and painting, convey the same literal meaning in both languages; as _Exod._ xvii. 14. כתב שפר (_Chethéba Sepháre_) “delineate this with delineations;” and, with the Indians, _Hoorèso_ is, in like manner, the radical name of books, delineating, &c.; and _Ootehna_ that for numbering, instead of reading. The nearest approach they can make to it, is, _Anumbōle hoorèso Ishanumbōlas_, “You shall speak the speech, which is delineated.” They call a razor, _Baspoo Shaphe_, “A shaving knife:” and _Shaphe_ always signifies to shave; probably, because when they first began to shave themselves, they were ridiculed by the higher, or more religious part of the people, for imitating that heathenish custom. The Hebrew שפּה (_Shaphe_) signifying lip, confession, or worship; which divine writ assures us, the descendants of Noah changed, when they opposed the divine will of settling various parts of the earth, and built the great tower of Babel, as an emblem of greatness, to get them a name[X]. {43} Footnote X: _Skin_ signifies an eye; and _Skeeshāpha_, one-eyed; as if proceeding from the divine anger. They often change _i_ into _ee_.