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The month is called after its name, increasing wonderfully in its changing— an instrument of the army on high, shining in the structure of heaven,
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Verse 8. Name. Meni is used for the moon, (Jeremiah 52:11.) which resembles the Greek mén, “month.” This is also derived from méné, “the moon.” We know not what Hebrew words were used. Calmet. 6:23. The two former may both come from manah, “to divide.”
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