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TALITHA-CUMI. These are the Words that Jesus Christ made use of when he raised up the Daughter of Jairus, Chief of the Synagogue of Capernaum. They are not pure Hebrew,1 but Syriack, and signify, My Daughter arise.
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Mark v. 14. טליתא קומיΤὸ κοράσιον ἔγειραι. ↩
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