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.
Most of the named stars we are familiar with were named by Arab astronomers, so their names are in Arabic, another Semitic Hebrew cousin language!.............................
By switching the stress to the first syllable, a capitol city becomes "beer": בירה
Or not every beer is really beer. I'll Root for the home team, in any case!
Ah, beer, Beer Shiva, Seven Wells, wells, where you go to get a beer...
As Springsteen sang in Glory Days Well I think I'm going down to the well tonight And I'm going to drink till I get my fill...
Another link... The Harp...
Tehillim 49:5 I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
ה אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי; אֶפְתַּח בְּכִנּוֹר, חִידָתִי.
כִּנּוֹר kinnôwr, kin-nore'; from a unused root meaning to twang; a harp:—harp.
The Sea of Galilee also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake ...
Matthew 13:1 That same day Yeshua went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it (upon the harp), while all the people stood on the shore.
John 6:1 Some time after this, Yeshua crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Yeshua went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
Hey! A beer and a harp, and I've got a couple of Guinness in the fridge. [only for English Premier Football]
And it echos on and on and...
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