PART  111.    NOTES  ON  NO.  XH.  14i

(15)  nn'^fij,  for  n^?.wN{,  118;  followed  by  Pesiq.  93.  No.  20.—
iT^UJt^ ,  Fut  Kal.  of  n'^ui ,  274.  2 — '^D^^^ ,  Fut.  Kal  of  51^:3 ,  the
Qamets  under  "' being  dropped,  133 ;  lit.  bruise^  crush  thee^  "^iiin
as  to  the  head,  Ace.  of  manner,  428. y! — ^32?il5ri,  strike,  smite,  Tav
Daghesh'd,  79.  3  ;  with  epenth.  suffix,  309.  d  ;  Qamets  dropped
under  Tav,  133.— aj?.:? ,  as  to  the  heel,  428./.  Dec.  V.
'  But  how  can  the  tempter  here  be  imagined  to  be  an  evil
spirit?  What  is  going  upon  his  6e%  .^  Who  are  hissecrf.^  And
how  is  the  seed  of  the  woman  to  bruise  his  head  ?  Or  he  to  strike
the  heel  of  her  seed  V  Questions  which  have  been  repeatedly  ask-
ed, with  a  seeming  assurance  that  no  satisfactory  answer  can  be
given,  by  those  who  believe  thaMhe  writer  means,  in  this  narra-
tion, to  describe  the  machinations  of  an  evil  spirit.
