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COINCIDENCES IN THE BIBLE AND IN BIBLICAL HEBREW
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have known Hebrew names, even though these are not biblical. For each name, the

numerical values were calculated and diameter values taken from NASA Web site:

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?planet_phys_par

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The planets included in the prepared list are: Mercury (Kochav), Jupiter (Tzedek),

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Saturn (Shabtai), Venus (Nogah), and Mars (Maadim). From the Hebrew names,

given in the appendix, the reader may work out the corresponding ONV values.
The data are given in Table 8.2.

The plot of the fitted linear regression equation is given in Figure 8.3.
Excluded from the analysis is the sun (since it is not a planet). Also excluded is the
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large planet Jupiter (Tzedek) , the Hebrew nonbiblical name of which deviates
considerably from the general pattern displayed by the other n = 5 observations.
We will readdress Jupiter in section 8.3.5.

Figure 8.3 shows that all observations are within the 95% confidence interval
limits. The linear correlation is 0.955 (for n = 5) and all observations lie within

the 95% confidence interval limits.

8.3.4 Venus is Mazar 19
The observation of Venus in Figure 8.3 deviates from the general pattern displayed

in the plot (though this observation is within the 95% confidence interval limits).
This initiated an exploration for the possibly true name of Venus in biblical
Hebrew. The results of this inquiry are detailed in this subsection.
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The Bible refers to all the planets by two forms of a single term: mazalot or
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mazarot. Both are in the plural form. Based on basic Hebrew grammatical rules,
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it is apparent that the singular form are mazal and mazar, respectively.
Table 8.2. Data for planets and the sun.
Hebrew name Equatorial
Name (biblical starred) ONV diameter (km) Log-diameter
Earth Eretz* 291 12756.28 9.4538
Sun Shemesh* 640 1391000 14.1455
Mercury Kochav 48 4879.4 8.4928
Jupiter Tzedek 194 142984 11.8705
Saturn Shabtai 712 120536 11.6997
Venus Nogah 64 12103.8 9.4013
Mazar 247 12103.8 9.4013
Mars Maadim 95 6794.0 8.8238