The astronomy of the Bible : an elementary commentary on the astronomical references of Holy Scripture (1909)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London : Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 290
d north is mezarlm^a plural word which is taken literally to mean thescatterings. For its interpretation Prof. Schiaparelli ARCTURUS 263 makes a very plausible suggestion. He says, We mayfirst observe that the ^ve Hebrew letters with whichthis name was written in the original unpointed textcould… … STARS OF THE PLOUGH, AS THE WINNOWING FAN. which grain is scattered in the air to sift it; and it hasits root, like mezarim, in the word zarah, . . . which,besides the sense disjoersit, bears also the sense expandit,ventilavit ^ If Prof Schiaparelli is correct in his supposition, thenthe word…
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