• Arabic Az-Zubana, "the claw."
• Another source calls Acubene, as meaning Hebrew and Arabic "the sheltering," or as in Isaiah 32:2, "hiding-place."
  • Hiding Place.
    • Hebrew machabe', makh-ab-ay', machabo, from Heb. chaba, khaw-baw', a refuge, hiding (lurking) place.
• Other names for Acubens: Acubens', Acuben'e, Azuben'e, Al Zuban'ah (14th manzil), other possibilities are Ser'tan and Sar'tan.

• One source states that the Arabic At-Tarf means "The glance" of the lion.
• Al Tarf is the 7th manzil of the Arabic lunar stations.
• To Rolleston it is the 9^th manzil of the lunar mansion, called "Al Terpha, the prey (Gen. 49:9, 27)."
  • Prey.
    • Hebrew tereph, teh'-ref, from Heb. taraph, taw-raf', a primary root to pluck off or pull to pieces, rend in pieces, tear, thus something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, food, leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
• In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 142, the 25^th name of the lunar mansion, "Al Terpha, the healed, the delivered, the saved."
• Under Leo we find a star name l Alterf is Arabic for "the glance," for it lies in front of Leo's eyes.
  • 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 #14 Rîšu-a.
    • Arabic #9 Tarf, Atarf, Al Tarf, "Glance," or "The Glance of the Lion's Eye."
      • Under Cancer a star named l Alterf is Arabic for "the glance," for it lies in front of Leo's eyes.
      • In English the word glance means "to strike obliquely and go off at an angle," or "to flash," or "to look quickly."
        • Glance or Flash.
          • Sumerian ug₆, u₆: v., to look at; to stare at, gaze; adj., astonishing.
          • Sumerian igi...gub: to look at ('eye' + 'to set').
          • Sumerian gíri, gír: n., knife, dagger, sword; thorn; scorpion; lightning flash; road; expedition, trip; v., to stab; to fulgurate, lighten, flash.
          • Sumerian nim... gír: to lighten; to flash ('east' + 'lightning flash').
          • Hebrew bazaq, baw-zawk', from an unused root meaning to lighten, a flash of lightning.
      • Sumerian AN.TA.SUR.RA, the Akkadian sariru, means "Flashing," one source believes this is probably a meteor.
        • Sumerian an-ta-sur-ra: a stone ('heaven' + 'from' + 'boundary marker' + a, 'the').
          • Sumerian an-ta: above ('heaven' + 'from').
            • Sumerian an: n., sky, heaven; the god An; grain ear/date cluster; v., to be high; adj., high.
            • Sumerian ta: from.
          • Sumerian sur: n., rushes; v., to delimit, bound, divide; to press (out); to brew (beer); to submerge (reduplication class ?).
            • Sumerian šur, sur: to rain; to produce a liquid; to flow, drip; to extract seed oil; to process wine and juices; to flash, gleam.
          • Sumerian ra(-g/h): (.RA) + nominative ending.

    The (g and d) are said to be the two Asses on which the gods Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) and Silenius rode into battle against the Titans.    Their loud braying frightened the Titans away and they were turned into stars and placed into the sky.

g Asellus Borealis, also called Elnat'ret, represents "The Northern Ass" or "northern donkey," and seen as the upper star of the body.

• Asellus is Latin, means Ass.
  • Rolleston states that the Vulgate calls it she-ass," as it is referred to its Latin name Asellus Boreas.

• Between the Aselli is the cluster of stars called the Praesepe (M44).
  • Praesepe M44 or the Beehive (75 visible stars) Nebula.
    • The ancients thought that this cluster was a thin spot in the floor of the heaven and called the spot, the Gate of Men through which the souls descended to Earth to be born.
    • Also called "The Multitude," "The Offspring," and "The Innumerable Seed."
    • Later Sephina, which is a star name in Argo Navis, which means "Multitude".
    • Rolleston claims it means "The Young," as shown in Deut. 22:6.
      • Young.
        • Hebrew 'ephroach, ef-ro'-akh, from the Heb. parach, paw-rakh', in the sense of bursting the shell, the brood of a bird - young (one).
• Since g is called Elnat'ret and the d is called Enat'ret it seems the following would appy:
  • 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:
    • Arabic #8 possibly #6 as Nathra, Annathra, Al Nathrah, which means "Gap," or "Crib."
      • Richard H. Allen comments: The manzil, Al Nathrah, the Gap in the hair under the muzzle of the supposed immense ancient Lion, was chiefly formed by Praesaepe; but later gamma (Asellus Borealis) and delta (Asellus Australis) – the Aselli - were sometimes included, when it was Al Himarain, the Two Asses, a title adopted from the Greeks.    The Arabs also knew it as Al Fum al Asad and as Al Anf al Asad, the Mouth, and the Muzzle, of the Lion, both referring to the early figure.
    • #6 manzil of the lunar mansion, Anf al A'sad, where (Anf e Peg) and (A'sad, means "Lion"), Al Himarain (g d, e Cancri), Al Liha'.
      • One possible connection here to Capricornus is Al Himerein, which is Arabic for "The Kids" or "The Lambs."
    • To Rolleston it is the 8th manzil of the lunar mansion, called "Al Nethra, the wealth (plenteous - Deut. 30:9)."
    • In the "Gospel of the Stars, by Joseph Seiss, page 142, the 24th name of the lunar mansion, "Al Nertha, the treasure, the possession."
    • The Coptic Mansion of the moon according to Kircher is termelia, station of descent or influence / influx, associated with Alnaza, Anatrachya, misty or cloudy or The descent, Latin statio discensus seu influentiae, connection to Al Nathra, The Gap or Crib (Aluayra).    The term Klaria is seen in the Coptic in Gemini under Al Hanah, The Mark and is noted as translating to Gemini's/ the Twins' shoulder blades, and as you see below I have it here in Cancer a great diversity in the placement of some of these mansions.
      • As to the Egyptian/Coptic: seen at Denderah Zodiac, in regard to Cancer, is the Coptic Klaria, "The Folds," or "The Resting-Places."    Rolleston shows "folds," as seen in Psalm 50:9: Hebrew mikla'ah, mik-law-aw', or miklaw, from Heb. kala, kaw-law', to restrict, thus a pen (for flocks), fold.    The Denderah name is Klaria, or the cattle-folds and in this name we have the key to the meaning of the sign, and to the subject of this chapter.
      • Richard H. Allen comments, Kircher said that in Coptic Egypt it was Klaria, the Bestia seu Static Typhonis, the Power of Darkness; La Lande identifying this with Anubis, one of the divinities of the Nile country commonly associated with Sirius.    But the Jews assigned it to the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob likened to the "strong ass" that each of the Aselli (asses - gamma, Asellus Borealis, and delta, Asellus Australis) represents; Dupuis asserting that these last titles were derived from this Jewish association.
  • 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 #13 is Arkûšanangarušašûtu, note: that Nangaru can be found in the version below.
      • And also consider that the Sumerian kúšu: turtle is similar in Arkûša.
    • From the 30 stars Tablet from Birs Nimroud (Borsippa) the lunar mansion for Cancer is:
      • Euphratean Nagar-asurra.
      • Babylonian-Assyrian Nangaru, which means "The Workman-of-the-River-Bed."
      • Workman, note to reference Carpenter.
        • In "Hamlet's Mill" by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend, Gambit Inc. 1969 it states on page 314, "Babylonian name of Cancer, namely Nangar(u), 'the Carpenter'."
          • Sumerian nagar: adze, wood-chisel; carpenter; craftsman (na₄, 'stone', + gír, 'knife').
          • Hebrew nagar, naw-gar', a primary root to flow, fig. to stretch out, causat. to pour out or down, fig. to deliver over, fall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, split, trickle down.
        • Richard H. Allen comments, Nan-garu is Strassmaier's transliteration of the cuneiform title; others being Puluk-ku and Khas, Division, possibly referring to the solstitial colure as a dividing line.    Brown has recently claimed for it the title Nagar-asagga, the Workman of the Waterway.
        • Sumerian guruš, guruš: sled (archaic pictogram); adult workman, laborer (human sled); young man (gúr, 'wheels' [cf., gigir], + uš, 'to stand upon').
        • Hebrew 'aman, aw-mawn', from Heb. aman, aw-man', a primary root to build up or support (in the sense of training), an expert, cunning workman.
        • Hebrew charash, khaw-rawsh', from Heb. charash, khaw-rash', a primary root to scratch, thus a fabricator of any material, artificer, carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful, smith, worker, workman. This can also be a Plowman.
      • Riverbank.
        • Sumerian gú: neck; back of neck = a load = a talent in weight; riverbank; edge; front; land; chick pea (cf., gúnu).
        • Sumerian šà-su-ga: dry river bed ('river bed' + sug4, 'to lay bare, empty' + nominative).
        • Sumerian šag₄, šà: n., intestines; gut; heart; stomach; abdomen; entrails; womb; midst, inside; bed of a river; prep., in; at.
        • Of interest is that some sources call the Sumerian deity Nin-girsu, "Lord of the Riverbank."
      • River.
        • Hebrew nahar, naw-hawr', from Heb. nahar, naw-har', a primary root to sparkle, i.e. (fig.) be cheerful, hence (from the sheen of a running stream) to flow, i.e. (fig.) assemble, flow (together), be lightened, thus a stream (including the sea, especially the Nile, Euphrates, etc.), fig. prosperity, flood, river.
        • Arabic Nahr, seen under Eridanus, is also Al Nahr, Nah'ar, Nar.
        • Sumerian ída, íd, i₇: river; main canal; watercourse (éd,'to issue', + a,'water').
      • Euphrates.
        • Sumerian buranun: Euphrates river (bu₅, 'to rush around', + ra, 'to flood, overflow', + nun, 'great, noble').
        • Hebrew Perath, per-awth', from an unused root meaning to break forth, rushing, a river of the East.
      • River's.
        • Hebrew ye'or, yeh-ore', of Egyptian origin, a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft, specially the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches, also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria, brook, flood, river, stream.
      • Tigris.
        • Sumerian IDIGNA, Akkadian Idiglat, "The Tigris."
          • Sumerian idigna: the Tigris river (ída/íd, 'river', + ì, 'impersonal verbal conjugation prefix', + in, 'to go', + nominative a, "the river that goes", the Tigris was a faster-moving river than the Euphrates; it was less likely to overflow because, not depositing as much silt, it did not built up its bed as high).
        • Hiddekel or the Hebrew Chiddeqel, khid-deh'-kel, probably of foreign origin, the Chiddekel (or Tigris) river.

• Possible names Mell'eph, Mel'lef, Mel'leff, also Ma'alaph which means "Assembled Thousands." See Psalm 144:13.

• In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 148 "z (in the tail) is called Tegmine, meaning holding."
• It is also called Tegmen.