9,  A  jjalanquin,  &c.  As  the  train
draws  nearer,  a  third  person  recog-
nizes it  as  the  newly-made  palanquin,
t)f  which  he  gives  a  circumstantial  de-
scription. Palanquins  were  and  are
still  used  in  the  East  by  great  per-
sonages. They  are  like  a  couch,  suf-
ficiently long  for  the  rider  to  recline,
covei'ed  with  a  canopy  resting  on
pillars  at  the  four  corners,  hung
round  with  curtains  to  exclude  the
sun  ;  they  have  a  door,  sometimes  of
lattice-work,  on  each  side.  They  are
borne  by  four  or  more  men,  by  means
of  strong'  poles,  like  those  of  our  sedan-
chairs  ;  and  in  travelling  great  dis-
tances, there  are  always  several  sets
of  men  to  relieve  each  other.  The
materials  of  which  these  palanquins
are  made,  and  the  style  of  their  con-
struction, dei)end  upon  the  rank  and
wealth  of  the  owners.  The  word
]viCN  is  most  probably  derived  from
ni5,  to  run,  to  be  borne  quicklg.  Comp.
Tpu^oi,    from    Tjiixf^'V,    (fjo^t'iov,    from


(pepci),  currtts  from  currendo,  ferculum
from  fcro.  The  form  ^i'lpN  is,  accord-
ing to  the  analogy  of  ]vp^,  likeness  (Ps.
xvii.  12),  andp'lB,  ransom  (Exod.  xxi.
30);  comp.  Gesen.  §  84,  15;  Ewald,
§  163  c.  with  a  prosthetic  «  (Gesen.
§  19,  4  ;  Ewald,  §  1G2  c,)  followed  by
a  Dagesh  forte  like  y^^^,  a  palace,  Dan.
xi.  45 ;  sec  Fiirst,  Lexicon.  Ewald,
however,  derives  it  from  n-iD=n->2,  to
ivork  out,  to  buii',  to  form,  hence
pnEN,  ein  Prachtstiick.  Kimchi  derives
it  from  n'js,  to  be  fruitful,  and  says  it
is  called  Yv"}?«,  because  n'by  ^^aii  pE©,
people  increase  and  midtiply  therein.
