_, Travels iii. 1,
p. 305); and, _finally_, by the analogy of the name [Hebrew: wlmh],
which is formed after the manner of [Hebrew: wilh], and likewise
shortened from [Hebrew: wlmvN]. We must confess that _Tuch_ is right
also when he asserts: "That it is quite impossible to give the word the
signification of an appellative noun, since it is only in proper names,
in which the signification of the suffix of derivation is of less
consequence, that _on_ is shortened into _o_." The only exception is
that of [Hebrew: abdh], "hell," in Prov. xxvii. 20; but even this is
only an _apparent_ exception, and is quite in accordance with the rule
laid down, inasmuch as "hell" is, in this passage, personified,--as is
frequently the case in other passages. (Compare Rev. ix. 11.) But this
case very plainly shows that we are not at liberty to apply, as _Tuch_
does, the measure of our proper names to those of Scripture, which are
used in a more comprehensive sense. The Samaritan translation is,
therefore, right in retaining the "Shiloh." As the passage under review
is the first in which the person of the Redeemer meets us, so Shiloh is
also the first _name_ of the Redeemer,--a name expressive of His
nature, and quite in correspondence with the names in Is. ix. 5, and
with the name Immanuel in Is. vii. 14. With respect to the
_signification_ of the name, the termination _on_, according to
_Ewald_, Sec. 163, forms adjectives and abstract nouns. The analogy of the
name [Hebrew: wlmh], which is formed after the manner of [Hebrew:
wilh], indicates that it has here _an adjective_ signification, and,
like Solomon, Shiloh denotes "the man of rest," corresponds to the
"Prince of Peace" in Is. ix. 5, and, viewed in its character of a
proper name, is like the German "_Friedrich_" = Frederick, _i.e._,
"rich in peace," "the Peaceful one."

To Shiloh the nations shall adhere. The word [Hebrew: iqhh] is commonly
understood as meaning "obedience."[9] But it does not [Pg 70] denote
every kind of obedience, but only that which is spontaneous, and has
its root in piety. This is clearly shown by the only passage in which,
besides the one under consideration, the word [Hebrew: iqhh] is found,
Prov. xxx. 17: "An eye that mocketh at his father, and despises the
[Hebrew: iqhh] of his mother."[10] To this view we are led also by the
Arabic, where the word [Arabic: **], does not denote obedience in
general, but willing obedience, docility, in the viii. sq. [Hebrew: