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that_o decrease_v in_o her_o perfection_n the_o month_n be_v call_v after_o her_o name_n ecclus_n 43.7_o 8._o and_o so_o indeed_o it_o be_v for_o in_o scripture_n a_o month_n be_v call_v in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n jaerach_n from_o jareach_n luna_fw-la and_o in_o greek_a the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v luna_n also_o and_o so_o in_o job_n according_o the_o month_n be_v call_v moon_n as_o thus_o quis_fw-la ponetime_n juxta_fw-la luna_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la menses_fw-la antiquos_fw-la job_n 29.2_o the_o month_n likewise_o be_v sometime_o in_o the_o hebrew_n call_v hodes_n or_o chodesch_n which_o word_n do_v proper_o signify_v a_o renovation_n so_o that_o chodesch_n be_v as_o much_o as_o novilunium_fw-la or_o renovatio_fw-la lunae_fw-la in_o regard_n that_o on_o the_o first_o day_n thereof_o the_o moon_n or_o month_n be_v renew_v in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v use_v in_o 1_o sam._n 20.5_o and_o expound_v so_o by_o david_n kimhi_n in_o libro_fw-la radicum_fw-la say_v &_o voco_fw-la hodes_n sive_fw-la novus_n quia_fw-la renovatur_fw-la luna_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la die_fw-la this_o word_n be_v also_o use_v for_o the_o whole_a month_n or_o space_n of_o time_n that_o be_v from_o one_o renovation_n of_o the_o moon_n to_o another_o and_o have_v either_o a_o adject_a number_n of_o day_n pass_v since_o the_o renovation_n as_o prima_fw-la luna_fw-la secunda_fw-la suna_fw-la tertia_fw-la luna_fw-la decima_fw-la quarta_fw-la luna_fw-la etc._n etc._n or_o else_o all_o the_o day_n be_v speak_v of_o junctim_n and_o together_o as_o in_o numb_a 11.20_o you_o shall_v not_o eat_v one_o day_n nor_o two_o day_n nor_o five_o day_n neither_o ten_o day_n nor_o twenty_o day_n but_o even_o a_o month_n of_o day_n together_o this_o therefore_o make_v kimhi_n in_o the_o place_n before_o mention_v say_v triginta_fw-la dies_fw-la junctim_n vocantur_fw-la hodes_n &_o dies_fw-la primus_fw-la solus_fw-la voco_fw-la hodes_n however_o therefore_o the_o grecian_n apply_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o first_o day_n of_o their_o month_n even_o when_o they_o reckon_v they_o by_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n yet_o it_o be_v only_o proper_a &_o of_o right_a belong_v to_o the_o first_o day_n of_o such_o month_n as_o be_v right_o call_v month_n and_o account_v by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n and_o so_o also_o master_n lydyat_n say_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr variis_fw-la annorum_fw-la formis_fw-la c._n 4._o where_n speak_v of_o the_o word_n neomenia_n id_fw-la est_fw-la nova_fw-la luna_fw-la this_o he_o add_v quae_fw-la dictio_fw-la licet_fw-la demùm_fw-la translata_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la significandum_fw-la initium_fw-la qualiscunque_fw-la mensis_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la lunaris_fw-la primo_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o propriè_fw-la de_fw-la mensibus_fw-la lunaribus_fw-la utpote_fw-la antiquissimo_fw-la &_o naturali_fw-la genere_fw-la mensium_fw-la accipiendam_fw-la neutiquam_fw-la dubitari_fw-la debet_fw-la and_o thus_o be_v the_o month_n full_o prove_v to_o be_v lunar_a against_o which_o i_o meet_v with_o three_o objection_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v object_n that_o if_o the_o month_n be_v lunar_a then_o in_o some_o year_n there_o must_v be_v thirteen_o month_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o month_n intercalar_a call_v by_o the_o late_a jew_n veader_n or_o another_o adar_n but_o the_o scripture_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o such_o month_n and_o therefore_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o of_o old_a there_o be_v no_o other_o intercalar_n adar_n indeed_o be_v mention_v both_o in_o the_o book_n of_o hester_n and_o elsewhere_o but_o with_o no_o note_n of_o distinction_n to_o signify_v which_o adar_n it_o be_v whereas_o if_o there_o be_v two_o adar_n there_o will_v have_v be_v something_o add_v to_o know_v which_o of_o they_o be_v mean_v answ_n and_o why_o so_o it_o need_v not_o answ_n unless_o there_o have_v be_v two_o adar_n in_o every_o year_n it_o be_v only_o the_o embolismall_a year_n which_o have_v two_o adar_n and_o not_o the_o common_a year_n beside_o which_o know_v also_o this_o we_o find_v not_o in_o scripture_n mention_v make_v of_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o any_o month_n shall_v we_o therefore_o conclude_v that_o no_o month_n have_v thirty_o day_n but_o that_o the_o vanity_n of_o this_o objection_n may_v further_o appear_v this_o i_o say_v that_o though_o the_o scripture_n give_v no_o express_a mention_n of_o the_o month_n intercalar_n yet_o some_o clear_a footing_n of_o it_o may_v be_v see_v there_o as_o for_o example_n in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o ezekiel_n at_o the_o first_o chapter_n we_o find_v that_o the_o prophet_n have_v a_o vision_n in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o jechoniah_n captivity_n on_o the_o five_o day_n of_o the_o four_o month_n and_o that_o after_o seven_o day_n more_o as_o in_o the_o chapter_n follow_v be_v mention_v he_o be_v command_v to_o lie_v on_o his_o left_a side_n 390._o day_n and_o to_o bear_v the_o sin_n of_o israel_n after_o which_o he_o
non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la and_o indeed_o he_o may_v well_o cry_v out_o against_o it_o for_o this_o objection_n be_v the_o same_o in_o effect_n with_o that_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v first_o and_o therefore_o this_o i_o say_v that_o these_o captain_n and_o officer_n for_o their_o number_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o twelve_o month_n of_o the_o year_n be_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a year_n which_o have_v no_o more_o than_o twelve_o month_n but_o in_o the_o embolismall_a year_n be_v 13._o month_n nevertheless_o and_o how_o that_o odd_a month_n be_v supply_v be_v not_o at_o all_o in_o scripture_n declare_v the_o jew_n say_v that_o the_o month_n intercalar_n be_v esteem_v but_o as_o momentum_fw-la temporis_fw-la a_o point_n of_o time_n and_o in_o it_o they_o judge_v no_o civil_a matter_n we_o may_v therefore_o be_v induce_v to_o think_v it_o probable_a that_o he_o who_o office_n fall_v to_o the_o twelve_o month_n in_o the_o common_a year_n do_v likewise_o supply_v the_o service_n of_o the_o thirteen_o month_n in_o the_o embolismall_a year_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o institution_n of_o their_o office_n no_o more_o be_v mention_v then_o every_o man_n to_o serve_v his_o month_n for_o as_o wolphius_n speak_v certè_fw-la major_n habenda_fw-la fuit_fw-la annorum_fw-la communium_fw-la ratio_fw-la quia_fw-la plures_fw-la sint_fw-la quam_fw-la embolimaeorum_n the_o like_a to_o which_o be_v also_o common_a with_o we_o in_o our_o year_n for_o whereas_o we_o intercalate_n a_o day_n in_o every_o four_o year_n the_o day_n intercalate_v and_o the_o day_n before_o it_o be_v both_o esteem_v as_o one_o both_o for_o matter_n of_o law_n fair_n and_o the_o like_a and_o thus_o be_v this_o objection_n likewise_o answer_v here_o therefore_o i_o conclude_v this_o chapter_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o ancient_a and_o natural_a year_n that_o it_o be_v measure_v by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n though_o the_o month_n be_v reckon_v by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n as_o the_o ancient_n reckon_v their_o month_n by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n which_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v so_o they_o reckon_v their_o year_n by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n qui_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o proprie_fw-la annus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la say_v petavius_n lib._n 1._o c._n 8._o 27._o petau._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr doct._n temp._n cap._n 27._o and_o in_o another_o place_n this_o they_o do_v say_v he_o necessario_fw-la ut_fw-la aequinoctia_fw-la caeterosque_fw-la cardines_fw-la quas_fw-la tekuphas_n appellabant_fw-la observare_fw-la possent_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la fourteen_o nisan_fw-la aberraret_fw-la which_o be_v but_o what_o the_o jew_n themselves_o have_v register_v in_o their_o thalmud_n for_o if_o the_o tekupha_n of_o nisan_fw-la fall_n into_o the_o sixteen_o day_n or_o after_o that_o year_n must_v be_v intercalar_a and_o so_o say_v r._n moses_n ben_n maimon_n cap._n 4._o kiddusch_n §_o 2._o petavius_n thereupon_o affirm_v further_o that_o the_o month_n be_v from_o the_o proper_a motion_n of_o the_o moon_n but_o the_o year_n proper_o take_v and_o natural_o be_v of_o the_o sun_n be_v define_v from_o the_o simple_a conversion_n thereof_o annum_fw-la cum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la propriè_fw-la solarem_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la cum_fw-la vero_fw-la mensem_fw-la lurarem_fw-la lib_n 1._o c._n 8._o in_o which_o book_n and_o chapter_n he_o also_o say_v that_o other_o nation_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ancient_a jew_n when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o natural_a measure_n of_o any_o stable_n or_o fix_a thing_n use_v the_o solar_a year_n this_o then_o be_v the_o true_a and_o natural_a year_n and_o in_o the_o scripture_n call_v a_o year_n of_o day_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o jere._n 28.3_o for_o there_o that_o which_o we_o translate_v within_o two_o full_a year_n be_v in_o the_o original_a within_o two_o year_n of_o day_n the_o like_a to_o which_o be_v also_o in_o the_o eleven_o verse_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n and_o in_o the_o 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