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Hebrew ''kōkāb'' “star” (Arabic ''al-kawkab''), Akkadian ''kukkabū'' ( Sumerian MÚL). Indeed, circa 1,500 B.C. - 300 A.D. circumpolar ''Kochab'' (β ''Ursae Minoris'', magnitude 2.08) was the North Star closest to the “center” of the night sky (then at declination 83̊.5) – a position now occupied by Polaris (α ''Ursae Minoris'').<ref>Vincent Malmström, ''Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon'' (Univ. of Texas Press, 1997), 82; Richard Moeschl, ''Exploring the Sky'', rev. ed. (Chicago Review Press, 1993), 390-391.</ref> | Hebrew כוכב ''kōkāb'' “star” (Arabic ''al-kawkab''), Akkadian ''kukkabū'' ( Sumerian MÚL). Indeed, circa 1,500 B.C. - 300 A.D. circumpolar ''Kochab'' (β ''Ursae Minoris'', magnitude 2.08) was the North Star closest to the “center” of the night sky (then at declination 83̊.5) – a position now occupied by Polaris (α ''Ursae Minoris'').<ref>Vincent Malmström, ''Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon'' (Univ. of Texas Press, 1997), 82; Richard Moeschl, ''Exploring the Sky'', rev. ed. (Chicago Review Press, 1993), 390-391.</ref> | ||
The word ''kōkāb'' is attested 37 times in the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] Bible, usually plural, except in [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/24.17?lang=eng#16 Numbers 24:17] and [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.26?lang=eng#25 Amos 5:26] | The word ''kōkāb'' is attested 37 times in the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] Bible, usually plural, except in [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/24.17?lang=eng#16 Numbers 24:17] and [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.26?lang=eng#25 Amos 5:26] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:30, 18 June 2022
| Pearl of Great Price PN | 1. | KOKOB “star” Abraham 3:13. |
Hebrew כוכב kōkāb “star” (Arabic al-kawkab), Akkadian kukkabū ( Sumerian MÚL). Indeed, circa 1,500 B.C. - 300 A.D. circumpolar Kochab (β Ursae Minoris, magnitude 2.08) was the North Star closest to the “center” of the night sky (then at declination 83̊.5) – a position now occupied by Polaris (α Ursae Minoris).[1]
The word kōkāb is attested 37 times in the HEBREW Bible, usually plural, except in Numbers 24:17 and Amos 5:26
See also HAH-KO-KAU-BEAM, KOKAUBEAM, KOLOB
Bibliography
- Peterson, Daniel C., John Gee, and Wiliiam J. Hamblin. "And I Saw the Stars -- The Book of Abraham and Ancient Geocentric Astronomy" In Astronomy, Papyrus, and Covenant, edited by John Gee and Brian M. Hauglid. Provo, UT:FARMS, 2005.
Notes
- ↑ Vincent Malmström, Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon (Univ. of Texas Press, 1997), 82; Richard Moeschl, Exploring the Sky, rev. ed. (Chicago Review Press, 1993), 390-391.
