But the simple Divine names reveal comparatively little; much more may be learnt from the numerous compounds they help to form. Some of the more curious have already been noticed, but the real significance of this nomenclature is to be looked for in the more ordinary and natural names. Here, as before, we can only select from the long and varied list. Let us take some of the favourite names and some of the roots most often used, almost always, be it remembered, in combination with Divine names. The different varieties of these sacred names rendered it possible to construct various personal names embodying the same idea. Also the same Divine name might be used either as prefix or affix. For instance, the idea that “God knows” is equally well expressed in the names _Eliada_ (El-yada’), _Jediael_ (Yada’-el), _Jehoiada_ (Jeho-yada’), and _Jedaiah_ (Yada’-yah). “God remembers” is expressed alike by _Zachariah_ and _Jozachar_; “God hears” by _Elishama_ (El-shama’), _Samuel_ (if for Shama’-el), _Ishmael_ (also from Shama’-el), _Shemaiah_, and _Ishmaiah_ (_both from_ Shama’ _and_ Yah); “God gives” by _Elnathan_, _Nethaneel_, _Jonathan_, and _Nethaniah_; “God helps” by _Eliezer_, _Azareel_, _Joezer_, and _Azariah_; “God is gracious” by _Elhanan_, _Hananeel_, _Johanan_, _Hananiah_, _Baal-hanan_, and, for a Carthaginian, _Hannibal_, giving us a curious connection between the Apostle of love, John (Johanan), and the deadly enemy of Rome. The way in which the changes are rung upon these ideas shows how the ancient Israelites loved to dwell upon them. Nestle reckons that in the Old Testament sixty-one persons have names formed from the root _nathan_, to give; fifty-seven from _shama_, to hear; fifty-six from _’azar_, to help; forty-five from _hanan_, to be gracious; forty-four from _zakhar_, to remember. Many persons, too, bear names from the root _yada’_, to know. The favourite name is _Zechariah_, which is borne by twenty-five different persons.