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--- meyel [2025/01/26 14:48] – ken
+++ meyel [2025/04/22 19:01] (current) – ken
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 'meyel' is typically translated as "ascend" or "steps" but often occurs in reference to a sundial.
-However, in many instances, meyel appears to mean something more akin to "enacted" or "performed" or "behaved".
+However, in most instances, meyel appears to mean something more akin to "enacted" or "performed" or "behaved".
+'meyel' is probably the original form of the modern Jewish word "moyel" or "mohel", the officiant of the rite of circumcision. Neither "moyel" nor "mohel" appear in the ancient Hebrew lexicon, but likely stem etymologically from the verb 'meyel' ("perform") as "he who performs the act".
 An interesting phrase for further analysis is
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 "ascent of scorpions". This may be a [[zodiac]]al reference.
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