Showing posts with label הל. Show all posts
Showing posts with label הל. Show all posts

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