times, has constantly made it two syllables, with the accent on the first. This is perfectly agreeable to the syllabication and accentuation of Isaac and Balaam, which are always heard in two syllables. This suppression of a syllable in the latter part of these words arises from the absence of accent: an accent on the second syllable would prevent the hiatus arising from the two vowels, as it does in Baal and Baalim, which are always heard in two and three syllables respectively. See ADONAT. [Both Perry and Fulton and Knight make but two syllables of this word.-ED.] 1 Capernaum. This word is often, but improperly, pronounced with the accent on the penultimate. 2 Chabris. Ch is pronounced like k, unless marked to 3 [Ched-er-la-o'mer.-P.] [Chili-on.-Т.] 5 Deborah. The learned editor of Labbe tells us that this word has the penultimate long, both in Greek and Hebrew; and yet he observes that our clergy, when reading the Holy Scriptures to the people in English, always pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable; "and why not," says he, "when they place the accent on the first syllable of erator, auditor, and successor ?" "But," continues he, "I suppose they accent them otherwise when they speak Latin Who doubts it? 6 [Di-o-treph'es.-P.] Eli-phaz.-P.-Sm.] 2 [E-neas.-P.] Ha'dad Had-ad-e'zer Ha'dad Rim'mon Ha'dar Had'a-shah Ha-das'sa 9 Ha-dattah 9 Hadla-i 5 Ha'gab Hag'gith Hai 5 Halah 9 Налас Haro-ch 9 Ha'ro-rite 8 Har'o-sheth Harsha 9 Ha'rum Ha-ru'maph Ha-ru'phite 8 Ha'ruz Has-a-di'ah 15 Has-e-nu'ah 13 Hash-ab'nah 9 Hash-ab-ni'ah 15 Hash-bad'a-na 9 Ha'shem Hash-mo'nah 9 Ha'shum Ha-shupha 9 Has-se-na'ah 9 Ha-supha 9 Ha'tach 6 Ha'tack Ha'thath Hati-ta Hattil Hat-ti'pha Hat'tush Hau'ran Hakka-tan Hakkoz Ha-kupha 13 Havi-lah 9 Ha'voth Ja'ir Ha'za-el 13 Ha-zaiah 5 5 [Evil Mero-dach.-P.] Ha'li 3 Hallul 4 [Eubu-lus.-P.] marked as soft. derstand English prosody know that we have a great num ber of words which have two distinct impulses that go for no more than a single syllable in verse, such as heaven, given, &c.: higher and dyer are always considered as dissyllables; and hire and dire, which have exactly the same quantity to the ear, but as monosyllables. Israel, therefore, ought always, in deliberate and solemn speaking, to be heard in three syllables. The same may be observed of Raphael and Michael. 1 Israel. This word is colloquially pronounced in two Byllables, and not unfrequently heard in the same manner from the pulpit. The tendency of two vowels to unite, when there is no accent to keep them distinct, is the cause of this corruption, as in Canaan, Isaac, &c.; but as there is a greater difficulty in keeping separate two unaccented vowels of the same kind, so the latter corruption is more excusable than the former; and, therefore, in my opinion, this word ought always in public pronunciation, especially in reading the Scripture, to be heard in three syllables. Mil2 [Ja-irus. Carr and Trollope, the Greek being 'lásιι ton introduces this word four times in his Paradise Lost, and pos.] Jo'a-kim Jo-an'na Ju'ni-a Ju-shabhe-sed Jus'tus Juttah 9 Kush-ai'ah 5 L. LA'A-DAH 9 La'a-dan Laban Lab'a-na 9 La'chish La-cu'nus 13 Lah'man Lah'mas Κ. La'dan La'el Je-hu'di 3 13 Je-hu-di'jah 15 Lah'mi 3 La'ish La'kum La'mech 6 La-sha'ron Leb'a-nah 9 Leb-be'us2 13 Lem'u-el 17 Le'shem Le-tu'shim Le-um'mim Le'vi 3 Lib'nites 8 Likhi 3 Lo-am'mi 3 Lod'e-bar MA'A-CAH 9 Ma-a-di'ah 15 Ma-ai 5 Ma-al'eh A-crab'bim Ma'a-nãi 5 Ma'a-rath Ma-a-sci'ah 9 Ma-a-si'ah 15 Ma'ath Ma'az Ma-a-zi'ah 15 Mab'da-i 5 Mac'a-lon Mac-ca-bæ'us Mac'ca-bees Mach'be-nah Mach'be-nãi 5 Mach-heloth Ma'chir-ites 8 Mach-na-debai 5 Mach-pelah 6 Ma'gor Mis'sa-bib Maha-lah 9 Maha-lath Le-an'noth Maha-lath Mas'chil 6 Ma-hale-el 13 Maha-li 3 Ma-ha-naim 16 Ma-hara-i 5 Mahath Maha-vites 8 Mahaz Ma-ha'zi-oth Maher-shal al-hash'baa |