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Table 23.3. Data for analysis of velocities (light, sound, zero-speed)
Table 23.3. Data for analysis of velocities (light, sound, zero-speed)
SNV - Speed numerical value. Sound speed in air at 20°C.
SNV - Speed numerical value. Sound speed in air at 20qC.
Speed
Hebrew SNV Log Speed
(m/s)

Or 207
299 792 458 19.52
(light) (1+6+200)

Keshet 800
299 792 458 19.52
(rainbow) (100+300+400)
Kol 136
343.26 5.84
(sound, voice) (100+6+30)

Raam 310
343.26 5.84
(thunder) (200+70+40)

Dmamah 89
1 0
(silence, stillness) (4+40+40+5)

Note that since temperature and air pressure both affect the speed of sound
the value selected is somewhat arbitrary. However, selecting another temperature
and pressure would not alter the general result (given the log-speed scale used in
the analysis). The natural log scale is necessary, as in some earlier analyses in this
book, due to differences in order of magnitude of the different speeds taking part
in the analysis. Also, the “speed” of silence (or stillness) on the log scale was chosen
to be zero (on the original scale this represents a near-zero speed of 1 meter per
second (m/s), about a third of a percent of the speed of sound). Figure 23.2 is a
plot of the data in Table 23.3 (speed is in m/s, given on a log scale on the vertical
axis).