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pnw...@aol.com
Sep 12, 2009, 12:17:53 PM9/12/09
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Greetings to all,
Just thought I would add to the "mix" here. Consider the word "month"
in Deut 21:13, translated from Strongs #3391, "yerach" - A lunation,
i.e. a month. Now check out Webster's definition of "lunation". The
period of time averaging 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 2.8 seconds
elapsing between two successive new moons.
Would it be possible to calculate this average time {of a "yerach"
month} to the fracation of a second without an EXACT, PRECISE starting
point? What do astronomers call this starting point? At what EXACT,
PRECISE point does the orbit of the moon around the earth begin? If the
orbit begins and ends with the exact conjunction, when does a month
begin and end? Just something to consider.
Neil
Just thought I would add to the "mix" here. Consider the word "month"
in Deut 21:13, translated from Strongs #3391, "yerach" - A lunation,
i.e. a month. Now check out Webster's definition of "lunation". The
period of time averaging 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 2.8 seconds
elapsing between two successive new moons.
Would it be possible to calculate this average time {of a "yerach"
month} to the fracation of a second without an EXACT, PRECISE starting
point? What do astronomers call this starting point? At what EXACT,
PRECISE point does the orbit of the moon around the earth begin? If the
orbit begins and ends with the exact conjunction, when does a month
begin and end? Just something to consider.
Neil
Theda
Sep 13, 2009, 9:38:38 PM9/13/09
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Hi, Neil, It's good to hear from you!
I have to think that the new moon begins when the old moon ends. That
must be right in the middle of the dark conjunction.
I have to think that the new moon begins when the old moon ends. That
must be right in the middle of the dark conjunction.
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