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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew planet names
  • Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:03:39 +0200

Of course. The seventh is either Earth (Erets) or the Sun (Hammah),
depending on whether your point of view is geo- or heliocentric.

Yigal Levin


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On 2 Jan 2010 at 20:27, Yigal Levin wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
>
>
> The Hebrew names for the traditional 7 planets (those visible to the
> naked
> eye) are listed in the Babylonian Talmud tractate Shabbat p. 156a,
[snip]

This may be my alter ego Sir Nitpick speaking, but I only counted six in
your list.....

Dave Washburn






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