Fourty

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Fourty
40
presentation
Roman XL
dual 10 1000
Octal 50
Duodecimal 34
Hexadecimal 28
Morse code · · · · - - - - - - 
Mathematical properties
sign positive
parity straight
Factorization
Divider 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40
Multiplication table of the more unitary ring shown graphically. More detailed explanation by clicking on the picture in its description.

The Forty (40) is the natural number between 39 and 41. It is just .

Linguistic

Quarantine comes from the French word quarante (forty) . Forty days of isolation were first imposed in the 14th century to avoid plague epidemics.

Mythology and religion

Forty is the symbol number for testing, probation, initiation or death . As the tenfold four, it represented perfection. The origin of the forty-day rhythm can be sought in Babylonia , where a connection between the forty-day disappearance of the constellation of the Pleiades behind the sun with rain, storms and dangers was observed. When the Pleiades returned , a bundle of forty reeds was burned as a sign of joy.

When the star of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas , rises,
Then the harvest begins, but plow when they go down;
They are together for forty nights and forty days
Wrapped up, but when they turn around again
Appear luminous, only then do the sickle begin to sharpen. ( Hesiod , works and days)

Many ancient temples had forty pillars ; B. in Persia , Baalbek , Ezekiel or the Celts .

Mesopotamia

Ea ( Enki ), the deity of life, water and flood, bore the symbol number forty.

Egypt

In Egypt , the harvest calendar was planned according to this astrological forty scheme, just as in ancient Greece ( Hesiod ). In Egypt this time was interpreted as forty days of death and absence from Osiris , during which fasting was prescribed.

Old testament

Forty days in the Old Testament is the time of the rain of the flood ( Gen 7.4  EU ), the stay of Moses on Sinai ( Ex 24.18  EU ), the time in which Ezekiel takes on the guilt of Judah ( Ez 4 , 6  EU ), the duration of the hike of Elijah to Mount Horeb ( 1 Kings 19.8  EU ), as well as the test for Nineveh under Jona ( Jona 3.4  EU ).

Forty years the Hebrews wandered through the desert ( Num 14.33  EU ), they lived under the rule of the Philistines ( Jud 13.1  EU ), the rule of the kings David ( 2 Sam 5.4  EU ) and Solomon ( 1 Kings 11:42  EU ), and Exodus contains forty chapters .

According to Leviticus , a woman is considered unclean for 40 days (7 days and 33 days "cleansing bleeding") when a boy is born and 80 days (14 days and 66 days "cleansing bleeding") after the birth of a girl ( Lev 12.1–8  EU ) . After that she has to ritually clean herself and, at the time of the second temple, give the priest a sheep and a dove as cleansing sacrifices.

New Testament

In the New Testament , the risen Christ taught his disciples about the kingdom of God for forty days and was then lifted up into heaven to the place “at the right hand of God” ( Ascension of Christ ). In Christianity, therefore, the joyous time lasts forty days from Easter to Ascension . The forty-day fast of Jesus is also important for the period of Lent before Easter or Christmas ( Advent ). Forty days after the birth of Christ, Joseph and Mary went to the temple with their child as prescribed, where Simeon and Hannah recognized him as the Savior. From this the feast of Mary Candlemas or Presentation of the Lord is celebrated, which above all earlier represented the end of the Christmas season.

Islam

In Islam , forty stands for transformation and death, forty days is usually the time after which the dead are remembered. It also symbolizes reconciliation and a return to pure teaching.

The Shiite Memorial Festival Arba'in  /اربعين / 'Forty' is celebrated forty days after Ashura , the feast of the martyrdom of the grandson of the prophet Mohammed , Husain . At the age of forty, Mohammed received his visions.

Law

The minimum age for the Federal President of Germany is set at forty in the Basic Law . From a legal point of view, it is an age that suggests a certain degree of maturity.

Nature and science

The pregnancy lasts in people forty weeks . 40 is also the atomic number of zirconium in chemistry .

Culture, literature, music and intellectual life

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: forty  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations