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an architectural term describing the porticoes or verandas which are not uncommon in Eastern houses. SEE HOUSE. It is doubtful, however, whether two of the three Hebrew words so translated have any reference to such an object. SEE ARCHITECTURE.

1. àִúַּé÷ , attik' (Eze_41:15 [where the text has àִúּåּ÷ , attuk'], 16; Sept. ἀðüëïéðïí ; 42:3, 5, Sept. ðåñßóôõëïí ; according to Gesenius, from ðָúִ÷ , to cut off; according to Fürst, from an obsolete àָúִ÷ , to set off), by some thought to mean (as in 42:6) pillars or columns (so Villalpandus, Cocceius); by others a decrement or terrace (so Gesenius, Fürst, Hävernick, Hitzig), as the context requires (Bottcher, Proben, page 350). SEE TEMPLE. The ancient interpreters are wholly at fault; the Sept. renders ambiguously, the Talmud "corners," the Syr. "balustrade," and the Jewish interpreters confess their ignorance (Kimchi, Jarchi).

2. øָçַéè , rachit' (Son_1:17; either, with Farst, from an obsolete root øָçִè , to trim, or, with Gesenius, for øָäַéè , rahit, as in the margin), prob., panel-work or fretted ceiling (so Sept.' öáôíώìáôá , Vulg. laquearia, A.V. "rafters," marg. "gallery"). SEE CEILING. In consequence of the var. read. in the Masoretic text (q.d. ambulatory or place of exercise), this term has been confounded with

3. øִäִè , ra'hat (from øָäִè ,' to flow down; spoken of watering-troughs, Gen_30:38; Gen_30:41; Exo_2:16), curled locks or ringlets of a maiden (Son_7:6; Sept. ðáñáäñïìή , Vulg. canalis). SEE HAIR.