Jabbok (jăb'bok)

Brook in Palestine. Jaffa (jăf'fa), Joppa (jop'

pa), or Jappa (jăp'pa) Port in Palestine. Jebel (jēb'el)

Mountain in Arabic. Jebel Sufsafeh (jēb'el sủf Reputed Mount of the Law in Sinai sä'feh)

Peninsula.
Jerablus (jer a blūs') Town in Euphrates River.
Jeziret el Arab (jē zir'et
el' ä rab)

Arabic, "Island of the Arabs."

Kaaba (kä'a ba or kä'ba) : The shrine of Mecca.
Kadesh (ka'děsh)

Holy city of the Hittites.
Kaffejeh (kaf fē'jeh) or Square of cloth used in Arabian head-

Kefeyeh (ke fē'yeh) dress.
Kantara (kăn taora) Town on Suez Canal.
Kelek (kěl'ěk)

A raft used on the Tigris River.
Kelekgie (kěl'ěk gie or je) One who propels a kelek.
Khadijah (kä di'jah One of the wives of Mohammed.
Kharput (kär'put) or

Harpoot (här'poot) City of Armenia. Kidron (kid'ron) or Kedron (kěd'ron)

Brook in Palestine. Kishon (kỉsh'on)

Brook in Palestine. Koran ko rän'

Sacred book of the Mohammedans. Koweit' (ko we it') An Arabian seaport on the Persian Gulf.

Lokman (lõk'man) or

Lukinan (lū kĩn'an)

The Arabian Æsop.

Machpelah (măk pē'lah) Cave where the Jewish patriarchs are

buried. Mandaniyeh (mān'dän i yeh)

Artisans in Holy Land. Marah (mä'rah)

Bitter water, springs in Sinai Peninsula. Mastaby (măs'ta by) Raised platform in home of Palestine

peasants. Meander (më ăn'der) A winding river in Asia Minor. Mecca or Mekka (měk'ka)

Holy City of Mohammedans.
Medina (mē di'nä) Burial place of Mohammed.
Mireh (mir'eh)

Village state land in Palestine.
Mordecai (mor'de ca i) The uncle of Queen Esther.
Moslem (moz'lēm or mos'-
lēm)

Of or pertaining to Mohammedans. Nahor (nā'hor)

Brother of Abraham. Nargileh (när'gil ěh) or

Narghile (när' gē lā) An Oriental pipe for smoking tobacco. Nedj :(něj) or Nedjed (něd'jěd)

A province in Arabia. Nisibes (nis' běs) or

Nisibin (nis'i bin) A town in Mesopotamia. Nomads (nõ'măds or nõm'ads)

A tribe that roves seeking pasture. Oman (o män')

A division in southeast Arabia.
Orontes (õ rõn'tes) A river in northern Syria.
Panaias (păn'a i'as) or Place claimed by Jews as the source of

Banaias (bằna i'as) the Jordan.
Persepolis (pẽr sěp'o lis) Capital of ancient Persia.
Piærus (pi re'ŭs)

The port of Athens.
Polycarp (põl'y kärp) A Christian martyr buried in Smyrna.
Rameses (răm'e sēs) or

Ramses (răm’sẽz) King of Egypt. Rephidim (réf'i dīm) Place where Joshua defeated the AmaleSafed (sä fed')

Sacred city of the Jews. Salibi (sä li'bī) or Salebe (sä lē'be)

Crusader in Arabic.
Saloniki (sä lo ni'ki) Ancient Thessalonica, a city of Greece.
Samiel (sămoyel)

The simoon.
Sebaste (se băs'te) Site of ancient Samaria.
Semen (sē'měn)

Clarified butter made by Bedouins.
Semites (sēm'ites) Descendants of Shem.
Shampo (shăm'po) A Jewish ruler of Armenia who founded

a dynasty. Shat-el Arab (shăt-ěl å River formed by conjunction of the räb')

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Shechem (shek'hěm), or

Nablus (năb lus) Home of Jacob in Palestine. Sheik (sheik, sheik, or Head of a family, especially in Arabia shāk)

or other Mohammedan countries. Sinai (si'ni or si'nā i) A peninsula in Arabia. Susa (sū'sä)

Capital of ancient Persia. Sychar (si'kär)

Jacob's Well. Terah (te'räh)

Father of Abraham. Tiberias (ti beori as) City on the Sea of Galilee. Togarmah (to gär'ma) A ruler of Armenia. Tyrannus (từ rănonus) A Christian schoolmaster in Corinth. Ur (ur)

Ancient capital of Chaldea. Verkhoyansk (verk'ho

yänsk or verk'o yänsk) A town near the cold pole of the earth. Villayet (vi la yết”) A political division of Turkey. Xenophon (zěn'o fũn) A Greek leader. Xerxes (zērk' zēs) A king of Persia (Ahasuerus). Yemen (yem'ěn)

A province in Arabia. Yezidis . (yez'i dîs) A sect in Syria called "devilworshipers.” Zend Avesta (zend a věs' Book containing the sacred writings of ta)

Zoroaster. Zoroaster (ző rõ ås'těr) Persian prophet.

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