K-W-K-B – ‘virtual and fecundating force of the universe’

The word כוכב, vulgarly translated star, is composed of the root כוה, which is related to every idea of strength and of virtue, physically as well as morally, and of the mysterious root איב which develops the idea of the fecundation of the universe. Thus according to the figurative and hieroglyphic sense, the word signifies not only star, but the virtual and fecundating force of the universe. Therein can be found the germ of many ancient ideas…(The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 47-48)