Hebrew names of the planets
Abstract
I review in this paper the basic Hebrew planetary terminology. To complete the picture I accompany it with some historical and cultural context, and compare it to the planetary terminology in Arabic, the most widely spoken Semitic language.
- Publication:
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The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture
- Pub Date:
- June 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921311002432
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..260..301Z
- Keywords:
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- history and philosophy of astronomy