From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved "Volume III - The First Month - Star Names for Aries"
In the First Month of Aries

Star Names of Aries
41 Arietis (no name) is the most visible eastern star of the horns of the constellation and aligns with Moses' birth in chronological history.

a Hamal which is the Arabic name for "lamb" and the entire constellation.    Also called "ram."

• Arabic Al-Hamal "The Ram."
• In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 105 "a El Nath, or El Natik, wounded, slain." (Forehead).
• In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 105 "The Arabic name is Al Hamal, the sheep, gentle, merciful."
• In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 91 "Arabic Al Hamal, the Sheep, the Gentle, the Merciful."
  • Gentle(-ness).
    • Hebrew 'anah, aw-naw', a primary root, looking down, browbeating, depress.
    • Hebrew 'anavah, an-aw-vaw', from Heb. anav, condescension, gentleness, humility, meekness.
  • Merciful.
    • Hebrew chemlah, khem-law', from Heb. chamal, khaw-mal', to commiserate, thus merciful, pity.
• Other names for Hamal: Al Ha'mal, Ha'mel, Ham'mel, He'mal, Ha'mul, Ras al Ha'mal, Ras Ham'mel, El Nath (obsolete).

b Sheratan or Sheratan' is Arabic which means "two of something" representing a connection between "two signs," referring to b Sheratan and g Mesarthim together.    Others say it is the two horns of the ram.    Others state that it is the two signs, referring to Pisces and Aries.

• Arabic Ash-Sharatan, "The two signs."
• J. Epping (1889) "Astronmisches Aus Babylon," provides the Babylonian and Hassan Al-Saba (Saudia Arabia) provides the Arabic source for the following 28 lunar mansion names listed as:
  • Babylonian #2 Mahrûšarîšu-ku.
    • Also seen under Gemini star names in a combination of a-b Al Dhira' al Mabsutah', Al Dhira'ain, is Castor and Pollux combined together, are represented by the Babylonian #11 Mašmašu-mahrû.
    • Also under Scorpius star name d Dschubba or Dscub'ba it is also noted as Babylonian #23 Qâbušarîšu-agrabi.
  • Arabic #1 Sharatayn, Al Sharatain, "Two Signs" and probably the following is obsolete Alnath, Al Nath, "The Butting One."    Hebrew kebes, keh-bes', from an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram (just old enough to butt); lamb, sheep.
    • Another source shows Arabic lunar station #27 Al Ashrat, Al Natih (b Taurii see note below).
    • To Rolleston it is the 1st manzil of the lunar mansion, called "Al Sheratan, the wounded, bruised (cut, Zech. 12:3)."    See the Hebrew word for cut, if it is sharat.
      • Cut.
        • Hebrew sarat, saw-rat', a primary root to gash, cut into pieces.
        • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 105 "b Al Sheratan, the bruised, the wounded." (Left horn).
      • Hebrew sherets, sheh'-rets, from Heb. sharats, shaw-rats', a primary root to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound, thus a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals, creeping thing, moving creature.
    • In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 142, the 17th name of the lunar mansion, "Al Sheratan, the wounded, that was cut-off."
    • The Coptic Mansion of the moon according to Kircher is pi-kutorion, fish of Horus the head of Aries / the ram, associated with Alnath, horns of Aries, Latin Piscis Hori caput Arietis, connection to Al Sharatain, The Two Signs (Ilnath).
      • Egyptian/Coptic: Aries
        • On the Denderah Zodiac, Aries is known by one source as Tametouris Ammon, the reign or rule of Ammon.    The Hebrew word is Hamown, but the Ram in Hebrew is Taleh.    No halo is noticeable above the figure of a male lamb or ram (with a long tail), and if you look close you can see its horns curling along its jaw bone to its mouth and it is seen lying down, and looking back towards Pisces or the Utchat (Eye).
          • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 105 "In the Denderah Zodiac its (Aries) name is Tametouris Ammon, which means the reign, dominion, or government of Ammon.    The lamb's head is without horns, and is crowned with a circle."
          • Richard H. Allen says: Many think that our figure was designed to represent the Egyptian King of Gods shown at Thebes with ram's horns, or veiled and crowned with feathers, and variously known as Amon, Ammon, Hammon, Amen, or Amun, and worshiped with great ceremony at his temple in the oasis Ammonium, now Siwah, west of Cairo on the northern limit of the Libyan desert.    Kircher gave Aries' title there as Tametouro Amoun, Regum Ammonis.    But there is doubt whether the Egyptian stellar Ram coincided with ours, although Miss Clerke says that the latter's stars were called the Fleece.
      • Egyptian/Coptic: Pisces
        • On the Denderah Zodiac and to the ancient Egyptians/Coptic, they called this constellation Pi-Cot Orion or Pisces Hori, "The Fish of Him Who Comes."
        • Some believe that "The Fish of Him Who Comes," is the fishes that belong to that One who is coming, or fishes that belong to Christ.    The fishes are symbolic of swarms or multitudes.
        • Rolleston as well as in "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, and seen on page 93, "The ancient Egyptian name, as shown on the Denderah Zodiac, is Pi-cot Orion, or Pisces Hori, which means the fishes (that is to say, swarms or multitudes) of Him that cometh."
        • In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 82 "Coptic Pi-cot Orion, the Fish, congregation, or company of the coming Prince."
        • Richard H. Allen comments: while Kircher cited, from Coptic Egypt, Pikotorion, Piscis Hori, which Brown translates "Protection," but claims for a Coptic lunar asterism formed by beta and gamma Arietis.
  • Sheratan has also been called by the obsolete names Alnath, Al Nath, "The Butting One."
    • Hebrew kebes, keh-bes', from an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram (just old enough to butt); lamb, sheep.
    • b El Nath, (Al Nath, El Natik) is Arabic for "the butting" (horn) or "the butting one," for it forms the tip of the Northern horn of the bull.    Although El Nath is in Taurus it is also connected to the polygon of the constellation of Auriga.    Also Arabic An-Nath, "the butting."
      • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 121 "b (at the tip of the left horn) has an Arabic name - El Nath, meaning wounded or slain."
      • Other names for El Nath: Alnath, Nath, Al Natih (27th manzil).
• Other names for Sheratan: Sharatan', Al Sharatain', Sartai'.
• Another source claims the First Star as Se(r)thenis, Egyptian hieroglyph value of snd(sic) means Sethenis, thus Sharatan, Sheratan, Al Sheratain.

g Mesarthim, which is, considered a mistranslation of ancient Hebrew texts.

• One source claims that Mesartim's name may have come from the Arabic word for "The Sign" and refers to the alignment with the vernal equinox in early history.
• Mesarthrim' which is specified as meaning "the fat ram."
  • Fat.
    • Hebrew cheleb, kheh'-leb or cheleb, khay'-leb, from an unused root meaning to be fat, grease or marrow.
    • Hebrew dashen, daw-shane', a primary root to be fat, rich, fertile.
    • Other Hebrew words are:
      • Hebrew bariy, baw-ree'; Hebrew shamen, shaw-mane'; Hebrew marbeq, mar-bake'; Hebrew meriy', mer-ee'; and Hebrew yaqosh, yaw-koshe'.
      • Under the stars of Ophiuchus in Scorpius, is b Cebelrai "the shepherd's dog," Chel'eb or Celbalra'i, "dog of the shepherd," also the Arabic Kalb ar-Ra'i, "The shepherd's dog."
        • The b star in Ophiuchus and Serpens is also called Chelbalrai, "the serpent enfolding."
          • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 57 "b (in the jaw), named in the Arabic, Cheleb, or Chelbalrai, the serpent enfolding."
        • Also see under Pisces in the constellation Cepheus, for Kelb-ar-rai.
      • Other names for Cebelrai: Kelb Arai, Kabalrai, Cheleb, Celb-al-Rai, Celabra'i.
  • Other words in Hebrew Merathayim, mer-aw-thah'-yim, dual of Heb. mar, mar, bitter, thus double bitterness, Merathajim, an epithet of Babylon.
• In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 105 "g Mesartim (Hebrew), the bound." (Near to b).    Thus it would have to be the Hebrew Mesartim, "the bound."
  • Bound.
    • Hebrew mazowr, maw-zore', or mazor, maw-zore', from Heb. zuwr, zoor, a primary root to press together, tighten, in the sense of binding up, a bandage, i.e. remedy, hence a sore (as needing a compress), bound up, wound.
    • Hebrew maçoreth, maw-so'-reth, from Heb. 'açar, aw-sar, a primary root to yoke or hitch, to fasten, join, a band, bond.
    • Hebrew mowçer, mo-sare', also (in plural) fem. mowçerah, mo-say-raw', or moçerah, mo-ser-aw', band, bond.
    • Other Hebrew words for Bound:
      • Hebrew 'aqad, aw-kad'; Heb. qashar, kaw-shar'; Heb. ta'avah, tah-av-aw'; Heb. tsarar, tsaw-rar'; Heb. pathiyl, paw-theel'; Heb. gebuwl, gheb-ool' or ge-bul.
    • Sumerian sur: n., rushes; v., to delimit, bound, divide; to press (out); to brew (beer); to submerge (reduplication class ?).
    • Sumerian šita₍₄₎; šid_3,4,5: n., band; bond, tie; v., to bind; to be together; to join, link with; to couple; adj., bound, intact.
• Rolleston claims "Mesarthim', Mesartim', was 'First Star in Aries'."
• Mezarim to some was Arcturus (Ursa Major) in mistake, for Arctos as seen in the Vulgate and Septuagint.
  • Job opposes to the "chamber of the south," as the source of cold, an asterism named Mezarim (Job 37:9).
    • Job 9:5 "Pleiades and the chambers of the south."
    • Job 37:9 "Out of the south, cometh ... whirlwind."
    • Hadre Theman ("Chambers of the South") may be Canopus or the "Ship" of Argo Navis in Cancer, the Southern Cross or Crux in Libra and Centaurus in Virgo.
      • Chamber.
        • Hebrew cheder, kheh'-der, from Heb. chadar, khaw-dar', a primary root properly to inclose (as a room), i.e. (by analogy) to beset (as in a siege), enter a privy chamber, thus an apartment, chamber.
      • South.
        • Hebrew teyman, tay-mawn', or teman, tay-mawn', denom. from Heb. yamiyn, yaw-meen', the right hand or side, locally, the south, thus the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing east, south.).
• Other names for Mesarthim: Scartai'.

d Botein or Bot'ein', which is east of the constellation and means in Arabic "belly."

• Hebrew bariy, baw-ree', note associated with the word "fat."
• Also called "little belly," and the Arabic Al-Butain, means "The little belly."
• J. Epping (1889) "Astronmisches Aus Babylon," provides the Babylonian and Hassan Al-Saba (Saudia Arabia) provides the Arabic source for the following 28 lunar mansion names listed as:
  • Babylonian #3 Arkûšarîšu-ku.
    • One source claims that Arku-shar-risku-ku, means "the back of the head of Ku," the Ram Regent, Si-mal, "the horn-star."
    • Note the Akkadian argu, "The Hired Man," and the Babylonian Agaru (Aries) "The messenger of the New Year."
      • Messenger.
        • Hebrew mal'ak, mal-awk'.
    • Also seen under Gemini star names in a combination of a-b Al Dhira' al Mabsutah', Al Dhira'ain, is Castor and Pollux combined together as J. Epping provides the lunar mansion names for Babylonian #12 Mašmašu-arkû.
    • Also under Scorpius star name d Dschubba or Dscub'ba we see the Babylonian #23 Qâbušarîšu-agrabi.
  • Arabic #2 Butayn, Albotain, Al Butain, "Belly."
    • The star name d Botein, Arabic, "belly," a word which is used in the Pisces group also.
      • Belly.
        • Hebrew beten, beh'-ten, from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow, the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.
        • Sumerian tùn: n., wrap, bandage; pouch, case; stomach; lip; adj., intact, bound.
          • Sumerian šag₄, šà: n., intestines; gut; heart; stomach; abdomen; entrails; womb; midst, inside; bed of a river; prep., in; at.
    • Another source shows Arabic lunar station #28 Al But'ain (d Aries).
    • To Rolleston it is the 2nd manzil of the lunar mansion, called "Al Botein, the treading under foot (Deut. 32:15)."
    • In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 142, the 18th name of the lunar mansion, "Al Botein, the treading under foot."
      • Tread.
        • Hebrew bowç, boos, a primary root to trample, tread (down under foot).
        • Other Hebrew words: Heb. hadak, haw-dak', a primary root to crush with the foot, tread down.    Also Hebrew darak and ramac, mean tread.
    • The Coptic Mansion of the moon according to Kircher is kolion, connecting / joining station a triangle near the whale's belly, associated with Albothaim, Albocham, belly of Aries or The mansion of this joining together, Latin statio connectens triangulum prope ventrem caeti, connection to Al Butain, The Belly of Aries (Albetain).

Other stars not mentioned above are:
e, 35, and 39 which completes the 8 stars in the constellation of Aries.


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