To return to the Sumerian City of Larag (Larak).

    More is found at Orion constellation.

    The following is more on the Shepherd relationship of Orion.

    Sumerian LI.DUR SIPA.ZI.AN.NA, "The Navel of the True Shepherd of Anu," which reads as (li, ?/ lí, true measure + dur, umbilical cord + sipa, shepherd + zi, breath, to undress + an-na, god of heaven), this does not translate well.

• One source claims this is probably the star a Betelgeuse, from the French Betelgeuse, probably from the Arabic bayt al-jauza for "house of the twins," in Orionis, seen as bayt, Arabic "house," and jauza, Arabic for "twins."
  • House.
    • Hebrew bayith, bah'-yith, probably from Heb. banah, baw-naw', a primary root to build, abbreviated, a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
      • Hebrew Beyth-'El, bayth-ale', from Heb. bayith and Heb. 'el, ale, thus house of God, Beth-El, a place in Palestine, Bethel.
  • Twins.
    • Under Gemini constellation names we find the:
      • Sumerian tab, "companion, pair, double. "
      • Akkadian tu'amu, "twins."
      • Babylonian-Assyrian Tuame, "twins."
      • Hebrew Thaumin, "The United," and the Arabic Al Tauman, "The United," as related to the Hebrew word below:
        • Hebrew ta'owm, taw-ome', or ta'om, from Heb. ta'am, taw-am', a primary root to be complete as denom. to be twinned, i.e. (fig.) duplicate or (arch.) jointed, coupled (together), bear twins, thus a twin (in plural only), lit. or fig., twins.
• Sumerian lí: true measure; fine oil.
  • Sumerian ku-li: friend; a capacity measure ('solid base' + 'true measure').
  • Sumerian nanam: n., true measure (na₄, 'token, counter', + nam, 'destiny'); adj., reliable, true; honest, decent.
  • True.
    • Hebrew tseda' (Chald.), tsed-aw', from an unused root the Heb. tsadah, tsaw-daw', a primary root to chase, by implication to desolate, destroy, hunt, lie in wait, thus in the sense of intentness, a (sinister) design, true.
    • Sumerian gín: hatchet, axe; shekel (of silver) (Akk. kînu 'true measure').
• Sumerian dur: bond; string, thread; strap, tie; amulet chain, necklace; umbilical cord.
  • Sumerian dúr: (cf., duruna).
    • Sumerian duruna, durun, dúru, dúr: n., buttocks; dwelling; v. plural, to sit; to be seated; to break wind; to dry out; to occupy, dwell; to set down (plural, cf., singular tuš) (dur, 'bond', + ùga/un, 'people').
  • Sumerian ^anšedùr^(ùr): he-ass; donkey foal.
  • Sumerian dur₅: (cf., duru₅).
  • Sumerian urah, dàra, dàr: mountain goat buck; ibex (dur, 'bond, tie', + áhi, 'arm').
  • Sumerian dára, dár: n., belt, sash (compare dur, 'bond, tie'); v., to bind, pack.
• Sumerian sipad, sibad, sipa; šuba; sub_2,3: n., shepherd; keeper; v., to pasture, tend (si, 'to keep in order', + bad, 'to let out', or pàd, 'to find').
  • Sumerian sipad-ama-[ŠA.]GAN: shepherd of mother animals ('shepherd' + 'mother' + 'to bring forth').
  • Sumerian sipad-amar-ru-ga: shepherd of brought back (?) ('shepherd' + 'young ones' + rúg, 'to restore' + genitive).
  • Sumerian sipad-udu-siki-ka: shepherd of wool sheep ('shepherd' + 'sheep' + 'wool' + double genitive).
  • Sumerian SUD-la: a quality of the ground ('shepherd' + 'sheep' + 'wool' + double genitive).
  • Sumerian mùnsub: shepherd.
  • Sumerian PA+USAN: a shepherd.
  • Sumerian gába[KAB]-ra: shepherd boy/girl.
  • Sumerian kabar: shepherd boy (ká, 'gate', + bar, 'to open').
• Sumerian zi: breathing; breath (of life); throat; soul (cf., zid, zìg).
  • Sumerian zí: stench; bile; bitter.
  • Sumerian zì: (cf., zíd).
  • Sumerian zìg, zi: n., wall, partition; v., to stand up, rise; to rise up from (with -ta- or -ra-); to go out or make go out; to tear out, uproot; to take out, extract; to spend or credit; to approach (zi-zi in marû); adj., high.
  • Sumerian zil; zi; zé: to undress; to peel off; to pare, cut; to shell.
• Sumerian an: n., sky, heaven; the god An; grain ear/date cluster; v., to be high; adj., high.

• See translation notes above regarding SIPA.ZI.AN.NA (sipa, shepherd + zi, breath, to undress + an-na, god of heaven).
• From www.lexiline.com, "The Loyal Shepherd of Heaven (SIPA.ZI.AN.NA), d.Papsukkal (vizier of the great gods), the messenger of d.Anu and d.Ishtar.    The constellation Orion, SIPA.ZI.AN.NA is equal to GilgaMESH, where d.MASH is a name of Gilgamesh-Mercury, also a name for Ninurta.    MASH, "burn of" GILGA.    GILGA may be the Seven Pleiades."
• KK (+ double genitive [a]k-a[k]).

• Shepherd.
  • One source claims that Bootes is also called Shepherd, Ploughman, Pastor, Bearward (guardian of Ursa Major), Lance-holder, Shouter.
    • One source claims that this is the Euphratean Sibzianna, "Shepherd-Spirit-of-Heaven."
      • Under Taurus as to a connection with Orion who has Sumerian star names such as sipa-zi-an-na, "The True Shepherd of Anu," or Auriga who is sometimes called the Shepherd.
        • One Babylonian cuneiform tablet calls Orion "The-Shepherd-Spirit-of-Heaven," which is also used for Bootes.
        • Babylonian Ri-u-but-same, is Orion, "The shepherd."
        • Sumerian LI.DUR SIPA.ZI.AN.NA, "The Navel of the True Shepherd of Anu," which reads as (li, ?/ lí, true measure + dur, umbilical cord + sipa, shepherd + zi, breath, to undress + an-na, god of heaven), this does not translate well.
          • As also seen in Ursa Major Constellation Names.
            • Sumerian PA+USAN: a shepherd.
              • Sumerian gába[KAB]-ra: shepherd boy/girl.
                • Sumerian kabar: shepherd boy (ká, 'gate', + bar, 'to open').
              • Sumerian sipad, sibad, sipa; šuba; sub_2,3: n., shepherd; keeper; v., to pasture, tend (si, 'to keep in order', + bad, 'to let out', or pàd, 'to find').
                • Sumerian sipad-ama-[ŠA.]GAN: shepherd of mother animals ('shepherd' + 'mother' + 'to bring forth').
                • Sumerian sipad-amar-ru-ga: shepherd of brought back (?) ('shepherd' + 'young ones' + rúg, 'to restore' + genitive).
                • Sumerian sipad-udu-siki-ka: shepherd of wool sheep ('shepherd' + 'sheep' + 'wool' + double genitive).
              • Sumerian SUD-la: a quality of the ground ('shepherd' + 'sheep' + 'wool' + double genitive).
              • Sumerian mùnsub: shepherd.
      • As found in Taurus under Auriga, i.e. Shepherd.
        • The Shepherd connection:
          • Auriga's group of stars has long been associated with goatherds, as Auriga as a Shepherd is usually portrayed with a goat over one shoulder, represented by the bright star Capella.    In his lap or arms we find two, sometimes three kids (or new-born baby goats).    He holds in his right hand a band.
            • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 134 "Auriga is from a Hebrew root which means a shepherd."
              • Shepherd.
                • Hebrew ro'iy, ro-ee', from act. part. of Heb. ra'ah, raw-aw', a primary root to tend a flock, i.e. pasture it, thus pastoral, as noun, a shepherd, shepherd.
                • Hebrew tso'n, tsone, or ts^e'own (Psa. 144:13), tseh-one', from an unused root meaning to migrate, a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats), also fig. (of men), (small) cattle, flock, lamb, sheep ([-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herd]).
                • Greek poimen, poy-mane', of uncertain affin., a shepherd, (lit. or fig.), shepherd, pastor.

    This file was created on November 20, 2004.