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Some months vary in length by a day, as well. The months originally had very descriptive names, such as Ziv (meaning light) and Ethanim (meaning strong, perhaps in the sense of strong rain - i.e. monsoon), with Canaanite origins, but after the Babylonian captivity, the names were changed to the ones used by the Babylonians.
Calf (עֵגֶל ‘êḡel; feminine עֶגְלָה ‘eḡlāh) One of the most popular representations of the deity among the Canaanites. The calf is, in biblical poetry, a figure for vexing and pitiless foes (Psalm 111:13). The fatted calf was a necessary feature, so to say, of a feast dinner.
The Adoration of the Golden Calf – picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century). According to the Torah and the Quran, the golden calf (Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized: ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai.
The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Erev Rav (Hebrew: עֵרֶב רַב ‘êreḇ raḇ "mixed multitude") was a group that included Egyptians and others who had joined the Tribes of Israel on the Exodus. [1] According to Jewish tradition, they were accepted by Moses as an integral part of the people.
In older English sources such as the King James Version of the Bible, cattle refers to livestock, as opposed to deer which refers to wildlife. Wild cattle may refer to feral cattle or to undomesticated species of the genus Bos. When used without a qualifier, the modern meaning of cattle is usually restricted to domesticated bovines. [15]
The commandment is preceded by the instruction that a calf or lamb is only acceptable for sacrifice on the eighth day (22:26). [1] The Hebrew Bible uses the generic word for bull or cow (Hebrew: שור showr [2]), and the generic word for sheep and ewe (שה seh) and the masculine pronoun form in the verb "slaughter-him" (Hebrew shachat-u)
After the revision, Jesus became dressed in a calf-length, regularly falling white robe and wearing sandals. He now had shoulder-length blond hair and soft, androgynous features. His arms are now closer to the body, the gestures of the hands were reduced, so that Jesus now appears more introverted or modest.
Biblical mile (Hebrew: מיל, romanized: mīl) is a unit of distance on land, or linear measure, principally used by Jews during the Herodian dynasty to ascertain distances between cities and to mark the Sabbath limit, equivalent to about ⅔ of an English statute mile, or what was about four furlongs (four stadia). [1]