Saturday, December 20, 2008

Halo and Hallel

Struck me today, the hebrew word for "shine" -- הל -- as in

בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי ראשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חשֶׁךְ and עֲטִישׁתָיו תָּהֶל אוֹר (Iyov 29 & 41)

being the Greek/English word of Halo.

Also then a possible connection of הל in the הלל of Chanuka to it's theme of Light. Not to mention the Ancient Greek word for Greece --- ἙλλάςHellas

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