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In Hebrew, Monday is called "Yom Shení", literally meaning "Second Day", following the biblical reference to the sabbath day as the "Seventh-day" and the tradition of that day being on Saturday. It has been established that the phonetic and cultural link between the planet Saturn, Saturday and the Sabbath day is of ancient Mesopotamian origin.
The modern Chinese names for the days of the week are based on a simple numerical sequence. The word for "week" is followed by a number indicating the day: "Monday" is literally the "Stellar Period One"/"Cycle One", that is, the "First day of the Stellar Period/Cycle", etc.
The English word week comes from the Old English wice, ultimately from a Common Germanic *wikōn-, from a root *wik-"turn, move, change". The Germanic word probably had a wider meaning prior to the adoption of the Roman calendar, perhaps "succession series", as suggested by Gothic wikō translating taxis "order" in Luke 1:8.
A continuous seven-day cycle that runs throughout history, paying no attention whatsoever to the phases of the moon and having a fixed day of rest, was most likely first practised in Judaism, dated to the 6th century BC at the latest. [4] [5] In Ancient Rome (753 BC–476 AD), every eight days there was a nundinae.
Pick a Monday night reward for your super-productive morning. “Leave work early, plan dinner with friends, get to a workout class, turn off your phone and take a hot bath,” says Meena.
In lacing up a lively history of the slam dunk, Sielski, a sports columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer who writes with his profession’s characteristic flavor and flair, digs into the social ...
The Akan people of Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These "day names" have further meanings concerning the soul and character of the person.
On a longer time frame, as governments carry higher debt and higher deficit, leading to more monetary debasement, Bitcoin holds relative value to the dollar, as is evident in Bitcoin's long term ...