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COINCIDENCES IN THE BIBLE AND IN BIBLICAL HEBREW
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Earth (Eretz): 1

291 = (90 = ץ) + (200 = ר) + (1 = א)

Sun (shemesh): 7

640 = (300 = ש) + (40 = מ) + (300 = ש)

The data are given in Table 8.1.
(Source for equatorial diameters: http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets /

profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Overview)

Linear regression analysis was applied, with log-diameter as the response (the

dependent variable). For a sample size n = 3, a correlation of 0.99898 was obtained,
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with R -adjusted of 0.9959. The model F-ratio is 487.9, which is signifi cant at
the 5% significance level (p = 0.0288).

Figure 8.2 displays the observations with the fitted regression line. The figure

atop each observation is the response value (log -diameter), displayed for easy

identification of the observations.

The final model is (diameter is in km):
Diameter = exp [5.237150 + 0.013961 ONV]
(“exp” means “the exponential of”; taking the natural logarithm of both sides
would give the log -diameter, on the left, as a function of the linear equation, on
the right)

The predicted values are also given in Table 8.1. Based on the numerical values
of the most commonly used Hebrew names for the moon, the Earth, and the
sun, the respective diameters of these celestial objects could be predicted from

Table 8.1. Actual and predicted diameters of the moon, the Earth and the sun
(based on ONV, the numerical value of the Hebrew names).
Diameter ONV Diameter Error
Name (actual, km) Log-diameter (Object Numerical Value) (predicted) (%)
Moon 3474.8 8.153292 218 3946.75 13.6
Earth 12756.28 9.453779 291 10935.84 –14.3
Sun 1 391 000 14.14553 640 1 428 577.8 2.70