Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09

long. Tho effort "a signiiicant,because
II shows how unreliable the journal ls
In everything It undertakes to dis
cuss.
The question OF the meaning Of the
word Adiai would not seem important
enough to again refer to In these
columns, bat for the fact that II Ia the
first name Of the Democratic candidate
for the Vice Presidency Of the Uuited
states, and that the Tribune, with IT,
usual want Of amiabilliy, deemed II
necessary to attempt to assault him by
referring to him Ms "rhe Spollsman"--
or robbcr, we suppjse-and then just.
fy this by AN alleged Interpretation u
his name. The public who take any
interest Mt all In the discussion should
know that there Is no ground what
ever for the "Libera" orgau's utter.
probation Of the word.
The first abatement ot the Tribune,
which we are accused Of wilfully per.
verting, wa, that Ad'ai or Ada,diah
came from M,di hnd means "wit.
ness" or "prey." Aduiidm was given
rs the piural-as near as we could make
It out-ot Ahtgi and translated "their
testimony" "their prey" We pointed
on, the ab,nrdlty Of deriving 1d'ai, the
second radical Of which IA Il from n
word with h ne the second radical, aud
callot the attention to the fact that, N,
rs tho 7riIugo pretend to know, ddui.
tam ia plural word 1t ought TO bo ~
translated.
Coruered In these particulars, the
writer tells US that We pervrrt his state.
meuts. Well, here are his statements
verbatim.
"ApLAt, or ApALAtAu, or tho kindred
from AuLAI, moan primarily n witness
or preyi thus, ADLAI, my witness, my
sign or ornament las to dccis donoi
ApNLAiAu. one that draws waior. Au-
LAt, bo.ccching, sorrowing. expecting.
Tho plural form, ADuLLAN, their tosti-
mony, their prey. c,c., l. also found IN
tho Scriptures, but as the name OF u
place, not Of a person."
II is possible that we did not under.
stand what he meant 10 convey ia
this misefablc tumble NJ words, aud 1t
is very doubtful whether anybody else,
including himself does.
The explanation volunteered by the
Tribune does no, help II out Mt all. II
involves the writer sllll deeper, lie
says;
"rhc News returned last night to H.
SHE definition Of "rhc JUST for tho
name Adlai. II is far loss positive, how.
ever, than before, which lisa Sign that It
Sons the unlcnahlonoss u In ground, and
that h vol, Tor that definition has nothing
90 do with the word or name Adlai. Tho
NEws further says that We derived a
plural form, Adullam, from Ahlai. which
~ q wilul porycrsiou. We said Adullam
was tho plural form Of Adld, not Of
Ahlai, and spoke Of AhlN not a. the
primary word under consideration, but
asa word Of kinship."
Now for the facts In the case.
The word didi, 10 commence with,
to which ididi aud id,i9dm are traced,
10 root not found In the ancient
Hebrew records, but, "a we formerly
pointed out, Is still used In Arabic and
means "to bs just" equitable"
From this root the words .ildi and
.iiuiiaBi are formed.
The "Liberap organ thinks Ad'oi
means "my witness" NJ II the finali
were tho pronomina suiiix. This IL
blunder. The word ia compound, from
Adai tJustice) and j which h a common
abroviation Of fih, or Jehopat, tho cor.
rect meaning Of id'n therefore being
"Thc Justice Of God"
our cotemposry next thinks that
idu2dm Is thr plural Of ada; that the
ending am Is the plural pronominal
sui,ix OF the third person. This Ia no
other blunier. Gesenlus holds that ddui-
tam Is composed OF Adoi and an, people,
meaning therefore "the Justice OF the
people" Another eminent Hebrew
scholar, Simonis, takes II different
view aud considers It composed OF ad
corresponding 70 the Arabic ddIH) ga
place." and didm, "to hide" giving
the meaning OF hiding place or
resting place. The translntors OF the
Septudgint wrote the word odoRaR.
Every one of these statements are
based ON Gesenlus' Hebrew aud
Chalde dictionary, and II there Is any
greater authority on Hebrew In thls
city, VIZ should like to know It.
Further, the word AhiGi, on which
the great Tribune scholar relies 70
much, is not found. at all IA
Gosenius. The word he gives for
ornament Is idah, the root Of which
means among other things "to put ON
ornaments" equivalent to tho Ger.
man "Au8iohen," "uoherzlehen.n
Bu, this Adah has no relationship To
Ad'ai and Of curse not to the Tribune
Hebrew Ahidi.
We have established by the highest
authority that the meaning OF Adlai
Is "tho Justice OF God" and that the
Iriiimc efusion Is nothing but the
clumsie5I effort Of shining In borrowed
feathers, and we may now perhaps be-
permitted to asst, who is silly anyhow
Who Is the "esel2"