Comments on: Days: A History Of Time http://www.dailywritingtips.com/days-a-history-of-time/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:28:21 -0500 hourly 1 By: Merav http://www.dailywritingtips.com/days-a-history-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-221251 Merav Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:15:43 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/days-a-history-of-time/#comment-221251 You are right, Roshawn! I'm from Israel, and in Hebrew we call the days of the week by their ordinal number: Sunday= first= (RISHON) Monday= second = (SHENNI) and so on... but we call the seventh day SHABBAT (like a sabbatical), so our day off is Shabbat (Saturday) instead of Sunday. Have a great week! You are right, Roshawn!
I’m from Israel, and in Hebrew we call the days of the week by their ordinal number:
Sunday= first= (RISHON)
Monday= second = (SHENNI)
and so on…
but we call the seventh day SHABBAT (like a sabbatical),
so our day off is Shabbat (Saturday) instead of Sunday.
Have a great week!

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]]> By: Roshawn http://www.dailywritingtips.com/days-a-history-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8922 Roshawn Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:58:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/days-a-history-of-time/#comment-8922 Interesting post. I knew that the weekdays were named in honor of pagan gods, but where the names originated was something I didn't know. So here's my $0.02: when God created the earth, the first six days of the week didn't have names at all; they were only referred to by the ordinal number in which they occurred in the week. Only the seventh day, what we call Saturday, had a name. It was called the Sabbath. God wanted this day to be special for mankind, which is why He named it and sanctified it. (If you don't believe me, read the Bible and notice that they always referred to the days of the week as the first day, the second day, and so forth. But when the seventh day is mentioned, it's pretty much always referred to by its name, the Sabbath.) Interesting post.

I knew that the weekdays were named in honor of pagan gods, but where the names originated was something I didn’t know.

So here’s my $0.02: when God created the earth, the first six days of the week didn’t have names at all; they were only referred to by the ordinal number in which they occurred in the week. Only the seventh day, what we call Saturday, had a name. It was called the Sabbath. God wanted this day to be special for mankind, which is why He named it and sanctified it. (If you don’t believe me, read the Bible and notice that they always referred to the days of the week as the first day, the second day, and so forth. But when the seventh day is mentioned, it’s pretty much always referred to by its name, the Sabbath.)

]]> By: Quick Takes - 1/5/2008 at Ray Fowler .org http://www.dailywritingtips.com/days-a-history-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8902 Quick Takes - 1/5/2008 at Ray Fowler .org Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:00:42 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/days-a-history-of-time/#comment-8902 [...] at Daily Writing Tips sums up the history behind the names of the days of the week. “Sunday was the day of the sun, whether you were Latin, Greek or Germanic, while Monday was [...] [...] at Daily Writing Tips sums up the history behind the names of the days of the week. “Sunday was the day of the sun, whether you were Latin, Greek or Germanic, while Monday was [...]

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