In Assyrian the Moon is called arḥu, with a mere hamzâ (Schrader, _Assyr.-babyl. Keilinschr._, p. 282). In Arabic the reverse has happened; from warch (yârêach) has been formed the verb arracha ‘to fix the time (by the lunar calendar), to date,’ the _w_ (Heb. _y_) being weakened into hamzâ (aleph). Whether the Coptic Ioh and Arabic yûḥ are connected with yârêach (the abrasion of _r_ is not uncommon), is another question. Footnote 347: So Böttcher, _Ausführl. Lehrbuch der hebr. Sprache_, I. 516–17. Footnote 348: The poet Dîk al-Jinn had a mistress named Dînâ (Ibn Challiḳân. ed. Wüstenfeld, IV. 96. 7). See also Abû ʿUyeynâ al-Muhallabî (_Agânî_, III. 128. 2, 6). Footnote 349: Edwin Norris, _Assyrian Dictionary_, I. 248. Footnote 350: We find also al-ʿulya opposed to al-dunya in Ibn Châḳân ḳalâʾïd al-ʿiḳyân, ed. Bûlâḳ 1284, p. 60 ult.: ‘wa-dâmat laka-d-dunya * wa-dâmat laka-l-ʿulya.’ Footnote 351: Cod. Leyden, Warner’s Fund, No. 597, p. 325. Footnote 352: It also deserves consideration whether Dînâ as the feminine of Dân denotes the Moon: compare Lâbhân, Lebhânâ; Âshêr, Ashêrâ. In that case the above myth would speak of the abduction of the Moon by the Morning-dawn, i.e. the disappearance of the moon at sunrise. It would then be the same myth as the Hellenic one of the abduction of Helenê (Selênê) by Paris. Footnote 353: Angelo de Gubernatis, _ibid._ p. 278 _et seq._ Footnote 354: See _Zeitschr. d. D. M. G._, 1855, IX. 758. Footnote 355: Edwin Norris, _Assyrian Dictionary_, I. 347. The signification ‘having locks’ might also be mentioned as a possibility for zalîchâ. In that case we should have to notice the Syrian zelîchê of the Peshiṭtô in _Song of Songs_, I. 11, where the parallelism to gedûlê demands something like ‘locks of hair;’ and this meaning agrees with that of zelach in Syriac: _fudit._ Footnote 356: It is well-known that the gutturals ح ḥ and خ ch often change into ف f. The Arabic ḳadaḥ ‘cup’ becomes in Turkish ḳadef; the name Yehûd is pronounced in jest _Jufut_. Compare the Arabic naḳacha with naḳafa, and the Mehri ehû, denoting ‘mouth,’ with Arabic fû, Hebrew peh, etc. Footnote 357: See _Zeitschr. d. D. M. G._, 1855, IX. 758. Footnote 358: See Pfleiderer, _Religion und ihre Geschichte_, II. 271. Footnote 359: Brinton, _Myths of the New World_, pp. 159 _et seq._ Footnote 360: 2 Kings, I. 8, II. 11. Compare the fiery, flame-red chariot of Ushas (_Rigveda_, VI. 64. 7). Footnote 361: _Das alte Griechenland im neuen_, p. 23. Footnote 362: Supplement to the Augsburg _Allgem. Zeitung_, 1874, No. 344. p. 5377. Footnote 363: Compare Renan, _Hist. génér. des Langues sémitiques_, p. 28. Footnote 364: