ANKLET eh'kes).
This word does not occur in Scripture, but the ornament which it denotes is clearly indicated by 'the tinkling (or jingling) ornaments about the feet,' mentioned in the curious description of le male attire which we find in Is. iii. The sculp tures show that they were worn by men as well as women (Wilkinson's Anc. Egyptians, iii :375). Their present use among the women of Arabia and Egypt sufficiently illustrates the Scriptural allusion. The Koran (xxiv :3t) forbids women 'to make a noise with their feet,' which, says Mr. Lane (Mod. Egyptians, i:22t), 'alludes to the practice of knocking together the anklets, which the Arab women in the time of the prophet used to wear, and which are still worn by many women in Egypt.' Elsewhere (ii :364) the same writer states, 'Anklets of solid gold and silver were once frequently worn by some ladies, but are more un ,mminon than they formerly were. They are of course very heavy, and, knocking together as the woman walks, make a ringing noise.' Ile thinks that in the text referred to I Is. hi :tb) the prophet al ludes to this kind of anklet, but admits that the description may apply to another kind. of which he thus speaks further on (ii :368) : 'Anklets of solid silver are worn by the wives of sonic of the richer peasants, and of the sheykhs of villages. Small ones of iron are worn by many children. It
was also a common custom among the Arabs for girls or young women to wear a string of bells on their feet. 1 have seen many little girls in Cairo with small round bells attached to their anklets. Perhaps it is to the sound of ornaments of this kind, rather than of the mnrc common anklet, that Isaiah alludes' (see also Chardin, tom i:t33. 14R, ism). These belled anklets occur also in India among the several sorts which the dancing-girls employ. It is right to add that the anklets which the present writer has himself seen in use among the Arab women in the country of the Tigris and Euphrates are not usually solid, but hollow, so tha t, in striking against eat.11 other, they emit a much MOM' sharp and sonorous sound than solid ones.
ANNA (an'na), tGr.''Avva, an'nah).
1. Wife of Tobit, whose history is contained in the apocryphal book named after him (Tob. i:o, 2. An aged widow, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She had married early, but after seven years her husband died, and during her long widowhood she daily attended the morn ing and evening services of the Temple. Anna was eighty-four years old when the infant Jesus was brought to the Temple by his mother, and entering as Simeon pronounced his thanksgiving, she also broke forth in praise (Luke ii:36, 37).