YOM

Now, let’s examine the Hebrew word "Yom". If you were standing, sit down; if you were sitting, lie down—this took a whole day to unravel, so you owe me one.

In Hebrew, "Yom" means "day", but not just that. Given Hebrew’s relatively small lexicon, words often carry multiple meanings depending on context. "Yom" can refer to:

• A day

• A 24-hour cycle

• The daylight hours

• From sunrise to sunset

• From sunset to sunset

• And much more.

Meanwhile, in Megrelian, "ჲომი" (Yomi) means "lion", the same as "ლომი" (Lomi). The rare ჲ in Megrelian often replaces "L", meaning that certain words appear in two forms within Megrelian dictionaries. Incidentally, this might explain why Spanish "ll" is pronounced as "y"—a possible borrowing from Megrelian phonetics.

The task: Connecting the lion to daylight.

The answer lies in the Leo constellation, universally recognized across cultures. The Egyptians named it after observing that its brightest stars coincided with the onset of intense heat, when food became scarce and the roars of hungry lions echoed across the land.

Since daylight is linked to the sun, Leo must have a solar connection. In his Tetrabiblos, the great astronomer Ptolemy (who asserted Earth’s roundness 1,500 years before Copernicus) explicitly states: > "...Since the most northern of the 12 signs—those closest to our zenith and most responsible for heat—are Cancer and Leo, they are considered the abodes of the most powerful celestial bodies: Leo, masculine in nature, is associated with the Sun, while Cancer, a feminine sign, is linked to the Moon..."

Notice that Leo is the hottest constellation because the sun reaches its zenith there at midday, when temperatures peak. Now, returning to the Hebrew definition of "Yom", we find: > "The word Yom’s root meaning is 'to be hot, as in the warm hours of a day'."

Thus, when the sun is in Leo, it embodies Yom(i)—the lion.