Albireo, also known as Beta Cygni, is the second-brightest star in the constellation Cygnus the Swan. At first glance, it doesn’t particularly stand out. But viewing this star through a small telescope can take your breath away...
Convert Albireo into Hebrew and you get אֱלֹ בְּעִיר O!
Convert back into English and you get City of God! And not just any city, Ayin Yud Reish means ‘capitol city!’
Ben Yehuda’s Hebrew English dictionary.
Cygnus, the swan… Under His wings you take refuge… What I call ‘hidden in plain sight’.
And for more fun the two stars of Albireo, blue and yellow, look at a candle flame.
New evidence that all stars are born in pairs
Which brings us back to the soulmates...
Convert back into English and you get City of God! And not just any city, Ayin Yud Reish means ‘capitol city!’ Ben Yehuda’s Hebrew English dictionary.
Thanks for drawing attention to the star name.
To be clear on the meaning of "convert", these are puns. I found that Albireo is spelled as אלביראו, e.g. HERE. There are a few misc. differences in the end letters floating about, but nothing involving an ayin of course, but I wouldn't put it past Yiddish.
אל בעיר is "El" (or "L" the Latin letter) in the city , בעיר , ba-iyr
And ba-iyr would be a pun on a capitol city, which is a bira, בירה , the stress being on the second syllable.
By switching the stress to the first syllable, a capitol city becomes "beer": בירה
The fuller expression of capital city is iyr bira עיר בירה.
As in English, a capital city is a city, but not every city is a capital.
Or not every beer is really beer. I'll Root for the home team, in any case!
Ironic, too, about the name Albireo. It reads like it involved some type of drinking party.