Chapter Phalanx to Pharos of P by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Pharaoh and his host has been discovered by Egyptologists.
   His wife was Asia, daughter of Mozahem. Pharaoh cruelly maltreated her for believing in Moses. He fastened her hands and feet to four stakes, and laid a millstone on her as she lay exposed to the scorching sun; but God took her, without dying, into Paradise. (Sale: Al Koran, lxvi. note.)
   Among women, four have been perfect: Asia, wife of Pharaoh: Mary, daughter of Imran; Khadijah, daughter of Khowailed (Mahomet's first wife); and Fatima, Mahomet's daughter. Attributed to Mahomet.

Pharaoh who made Joseph his Viceroy Supposed to be Osertesen II. There is a tablet in the sixth year of his reign which is thought to represent Jacob and his household.

Pharaoh's Chicken The Egyptian vulture, so called from its frequent representation in Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Pharaoh's Daughter who brought up Moses, Bathia.

“Bathia, the daughter of Pharaoh, came, attended by her maidens, and entering the water she chanced to see the box of bulrushes, and, pitying the infant, she rescued him from death.”- The Talmud.

Pharian Fields Egypt. So called from Pharos, an island on the coast, noted for its lighthouse.

“And passed from Pharian fields to Canaan land.”

   Milton: Psalm cxiv.

Pharisees means “separatists” (Heb. parash, to separate), men who looked upon themselves as holier than other men, and therefore refused to hold social intercourse with them. The Talmud mentions the following classes:-
   (1) The “Dashers,” or “Bandylegged” (Nikfi), who scarcely lifted their feet from the ground in walking, but “dashed them against the stones,” that people might think them absorbed in holy thought (Matt. xxi. 44).
   (2) The “Mortars,” who wore a “mortier,” or cap, which would not allow them to see the passers-by, that their mediations might not be disturbed. “Having eyes, they saw not” (Mark viii. 18).
   (3) The “Bleeders,” who inserted thorns in the borders of their gaberdines to prick their legs in walking.
   (4) The “Cryers,” or “Inquirers,” who went about crying out, “Let me know my duty, and I will do it” (Matt. xix. 16-22).
   (5) The “Almsgivers,” who had a trumpet sounded before them to summon the poor together (Matt. vi. 2).
   (6) The “Stumblers,” or “Bloody-browed” (Kizai), who shun their eyes when they went abroad that they might see no women, being “blind leaders of the blind” (Matt. xv. 14). Our Lord calls them “blind Pharisees,” “fools and blind.”
   (7) The “Immovables,” who stood like statues for hours together, “praying in the market places” (Matt. vi. 5).
   (8) The “Pestle Pharisees” (Medinkia), who kept themselves bent double like the handle of a pestle.
   (9) The “Strong-shouldered” (Shikmi), who walked with their back bent as if carrying on their shoulders the whole burden of the law.
   (10) The “Dyed Pharisees,” called by our Lord “Whited Sepulchres,” whose externals of devotion cloaked hypocrisy and moral uncleanness. (Talmud of Jerusalem, Berakoth, ix; Sota, v. 7; Talmud of Babylon, Sota, 22 b.)

Pharos A lighthouse; so called from the lighthouse built by Sostratus Cnidius in the island of Pharos, near the port of Alexandria, in Egypt. It was 450 feet high, and could be seen at the distance of 100 miles. Part was blown down in 793. This Pharos was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.