Holidays, [221].

Home, no word for, among the Syrians, [241], [243]; the word in the translation of the Bible, [243].

Honoring father and mother, [335].

Horn, symbol of strength, [245] n.

Hospitality, of Orientals, [205]; extended by the man, not the woman, [205-07], [334], [335]; Syrian fashion of extending, [208-13]; compulsion to accept, [210], [214]; Syrian rules of, [213-21]; to the traveler, [249], [250].

Host, the man, not the woman, acts as, [205-07], [334], [335]; the urging of hospitality by, [208-21]; bringing the guest on the way, [221]; and zad, [250].

House, Syrian use of the word, [241-44]; the word in the translation of the Bible, [243]; the word precious to the Oriental, [244].

House, the Syrian, [242], [269].

Housetop, the shouting of wares from, [269], [273]; easily reached, [269], [270]; making an opening in, [270-72]; the construction of, [271]; sleeping on, [272]; to dwell on, [273]; calling from, [273], [274]; used for household purposes, [275], [402]; praying on, [275-79].

Hûrmat, term for wife, [333]; term for woman, [342].