From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved
"Volume III - The Twelfth Month - Feburary 19-March 20 - Pisces
Fishes "
The 14-15th day is Purim or Feast of Ester.
- Purim.
- Hebrew Puwr, poor, also (plural) Puwriym, poo-reem', or Puriym, from Heb. puwr, poor, a primary root to crush, break, a lot (as by means of a broken piece), Pur, Purim.
To return to the Sumerian Aga dANim. More of this can be found at Corona Borealis constellation, or Corona Australis constellation and the Libra Introduction.
Adar (a'-dar, also see Addar (ad'-dar) 1Chron 8:3, Ataroth-Adar, Joshua 15:3; Ezra 6:15; Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21 "from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month A'-dar").
Tropical: Jan. 15-Feb. 13, Gregorian: Feb. 14-Mar. 15, Julian: Feb. 28-Mar. 29.
To see more about the comparisons of the Ancient Calendar Months with the Ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Semitic, Canaanite, Hebrew, Babylonian and Arabic names for each then click on Ancient Calendar Months.
In the Tablets from pre-Sargonic (before 2334 B.C.) the Calendar of Ur give us nine month names, however their order is not known. The following two could be one of those nine names:
The Twelfth Month - Pisces
- 12) Sumerian ezem-dMe-ki-gal (ezem, festivity + d + me, divine power + gal, of the great + ki, Earth),
basically "The Festivity of the Great Earth (Deity)."
- Sumerian ezem: festivity.
- Sumerian è-è: a festival (reduplicated 'shrine').
- Sumerian dMe-ki-gal (d + me, divine decree, function, area of power, divine power + gal, great, of the great + ki, earth, place).
- Sumerian me, ge: n., ideal norm; office, responsibility, function; the phenomenal area of a deity's power; divine decree, oracle. v., to be; to say, tell. poss. suffix, our.
- Sumerian me3,6,7,9: battle.
- Sumerian me6: to act, behave.
- Sumerian ge: (cf., me).
- Sumerian dumu-me-KA.UD: a cult servant ('child' + 'function' + ?).
- Sumerian me-lám: splendor, light (myth.) ('area of power' + 'awe-inspiring quality').
- Sumerian me-te: fitting thing; unique; ornament ('function' + 'to meet').
- Sumerian ki: n., earth; place; ground; grain. prep., where; wherever, whenever.
- Sumerian kì: to build; to make; to act.
- Sumerian ki-a-na : death offering ('earth' + 'water' + 'to water').
- Sumerian gal, gal: n., a large cup. adj., big, large, great.
- Sumerian gu-la: large, great (cf., gal; gu-ul).
- Under Serpens Caput is a reference to Ilu Nin-ki-gal
: "The Goddess Queen-of-the-Great-Region."
The Thirteenth Month - Pisces
As to the Hebrew Calendar: Note Hebrew 'adar, aw-dar', a primary root to expand, i.e. be great.
Added an intercalary month to the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th (7 times in 19 years). The 13th month (Adar II) was added every (2 or) 3 years, based on moon phase observation, in order to align length of Jewish year with solar year.
Every six years (on average) the Babylonians inserted an extra month, Ve-Adar, into the lunar calendar to keep pace with the solar.
- 13) Sumerian iti-diri ezem-dMe-ki-gal (iti, month + diri, additional + ezem, festivity + d + me, divine power + gal, of the great + ki, Earth)
the intercalary month, or "The Additional Month of the Festivity of the Great Earth (Deity)."
- Sumerian itud, itid, itu, iti, id8; it4, id4: moon; month; moonlight (te, 'to approach, meet', + ud, 'sun').
- Sumerian dirig, diri, dir [SI.A]: n., addition; excess; overdraft; trouble; amount by which credits of an account tablet exceed debits - appears in the credits section of the succeeding period's account tablet. v., to go over; to float; to exceed, stand out; to be extra; to be darkened, eclipsed; to be erased; to be supreme over (with dative/locative). adj., superior, outstanding; surplus; superfluous; additional.
- Sumerian níg-diri: supplement ('thing' + 'addition').
- Sumerian ezem: festivity.
- Sumerian è-è: a festival (reduplicated 'shrine').
- Sumerian dMe-ki-gal (d + me, divine decree, function, area of power, divine power + gal, great, of the great + ki, earth, place).
- Sumerian me, ge: n., ideal norm; office, responsibility, function; the phenomenal area of a deity's power; divine decree, oracle. v., to be; to say, tell. poss. suffix, our.
- Sumerian me3,6,7,9: battle.
- Sumerian me6: to act, behave.
- Sumerian ge: (cf., me).
- Sumerian dumu-me-KA.UD: a cult servant ('child' + 'function' + ?).
- Sumerian me-lám: splendor, light (myth.) ('area of power' + 'awe-inspiring quality').
- Sumerian me-te: fitting thing; unique; ornament ('function' + 'to meet').
- Sumerian ki: n., earth; place; ground; grain. prep., where; wherever, whenever.
- Sumerian kì: to build; to make; to act.
- Sumerian ki-a-na : death offering ('earth' + 'water' + 'to water').
- Sumerian gal, gal: n., a large cup. adj., big, large, great.
- Sumerian gu-la: large, great (cf., gal; gu-ul).
Sumerian MUL.APIN (see notes in Bootes and Andromeda), called "The Star of the Plow."
- In Virgo we find the constellation of Bootes is opposite of the stars that reflect Jesus' birth in Pisces. Is it possible that Jesus came in Bootes? The stars are not quite aligned. This was added here for your consideration.
- Sumerian MUL.
- Star.
- Sumerian mul: n., star; constellation; planet; meteor. v., to sparkle, shine, glow.
- Sumerian mùl: a destructive insect.
- Hebrew Kowkab, ko-kawb', probably from the same as Heb. Kabbown, kab-bone', from an unused root meaning to heap up, hilly, Cabbon, a place in Palestine, thus (in the sense of rolling) or Heb. kavah, kaw-raw', a primary root, properly to prick or penetrate, hence to blister, burn, thus (in the sense of blazing), a star (as round or as shining), fig. a prince, star.
- Sumerian APIN, Akkadian epinnu, "The Plow," referenced to Triangulum Boreale with g (gamma) (Almach or Almak) of Andromedae, Sumerian apin, plow.
- Plow.
- Sumerian (gi)apin: seeder plow (a, 'seed', + bun, 'to blow').
- From www.lexiline.com, "The Plow (GISH.APIN), d.Enlil, the lead star of the stars of d.Enlil."
- Parts of a plow.
- Sumerian (gi)á-apin: part of a seeder plow ('arm' + 'plow').
- Sumerian (gi)dam-apin: part of a seeder plow ('spouse' + 'plow').
- Sumerian (gi)PI-apin: a part of the seeder plow (barig, '36 liters in Old Sumerian period', + 'plow').
- Sumerian APIN-lal: cultivating leasehold land ('plow' + 'to pay').
- Sumerian apin-ús: plowman's helper ('plow' + 'to follow; to be next to').
- Sumerian gud-apin-níg-túg: blanket for a plow ox ('bull, ox' + 'plow' + 'thing' + 'cloth garment').
- Sumerian sag-apin(-na): plow guide ('head' + 'plow' + genitive).
- Hebrew charash, khaw-rash', a primary root to scratch, to engrave, plough, hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate, to devise, plow.
Continue to Constellation Names of Pisces or Star Names of Pisces.
This file was updated on November 20, 2004, June 18, 2005, and June 30, 2010.
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