From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved
"Volume III - The Third Month - Star Names for Lepus"
In the Third Month of Gemini
Star Names of Lepus
a Arneb is an Arabic word for "hare."
- Arabic Al-Arnab, "The hare."
- Another spelling shows Arnebo, which means "The Enemy of Him That Cometh." Orion is the one that cometh. Orion's star Betelgeuse means "The Branch Coming."
- In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 141 "a (in the body), has a Hebrew name, Arnebo, which means the enemy of Him that cometh."
- The Arabic, Arnebeth, means the same.
b Nihal, Nihal', "the camels."
- Arabic An-Nihal, "the camels slaking (quenching) their thirst."
- The name Al Nihal originally applied to the stars a, b, g, d, the four brightest stars.
- Another meaning of Nihal is "The Mad."
- This may also be spelled Nibal, Nibal', "The Mad."
R Leporis is sometimes called the "Crimson Star."
Other stars not shown here are g, d, e, z, h, q, i, k, l, and m round out the 12 stars of Leporis.
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