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HYADES. This word comes from the Greek Hyetos, Rain. We find it only in Job1, where it is placed to answer the Hebrew, Chimah. In the same book Chimah is likewise translated Pleiades. In our our opinion, the word in the original signifies the East, or the Spring. See our Comment upon Job ix. 9.
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Job ix. 9. כימהChimah, Hyades. Job. xxxviii. 31. כימהPleiades. ↩
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