Question: Ask The Nuwaupians, Is Nibiru A Spacecraft? 

Answer: According to Malachi York it is.

 

For several years Malachi York taught his followers to watch out for the incoming craft, Nibiru, a space ship that allegedly arrives every 3,600 years.  However, when careful research is applied to this claim, we find it to be nothing more than an imitation of a Zecharia Sitchin's science fiction narrative.  To date, York has done the best job retelling Sitchin's pseudo Mesopotamian epics.   

 

York:

"Question: Is Nibiru a craft?

 

27. Yes There are many crafts of different sizes called Nibiru.

Question: Just what does Nibiru mean?

28. First you must overstand the meaning of the word Nibiru.  It's from the ancient Sumerian as found in the Chaldean, Accadian, Aramic and Ashuric as Nabara, 'to raise, to elevate, to go up'.

Question: Where does the meaning 'planet of crossing' come in?

29. The fact that the most spoke about craft Nibiru is a cube that whence, is in motion revolves and rotates, and creates an orb, giving the impression of a globe or planet structure. Thus, it inhabited the 'planet of crossing'.

Question: So are you saying, there is more than one Nibiru?

30. That is absolutely correct.  There are many crafts that elevate and travel inter-galactically from star station to star station.

Question: So Nibiru is a UFO?

34. Kane [Yes] The crafts that come in and out, and those too large to enter this small earth's environment because the declared intellectuals of this planet have no spiritual or physical attachments to the beings that man the many crafts to them, they are UFO."

-Malachi York: Sacred Records of Atum-Re (The Black Book) pg. 369-373

 

It's evident that York holds a distorted view of what the ancient Akkadians NOT Sumerians saw and called Neberu (Nibiru). The following cited sources be corroborated and verified via the works from the best Scholars and linguist in the field of Assyriology, unlike York who only offers deceptions and plagiarism of Zecharia Sitchin's pseudo-isms from the Earth Chronicles book series. 

 

York: 

"Question 27. Is Nibiru a craft? Yes There are many crafts of different sizes called Nibiru."

This is False, there's nothing from any Mesopotamian text which supports the notion of Nibiru being a craft/ship.  In world's largest database of ancient Mesopotamian history and literature, the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) beginning on page 145 - 147, there's a long and detailed analysis of the Akkadian word Neberu (Nibiru), how it's used, where it's used and the different forms it's used in various ancient texts and sentences.  Here's a few that completely refutes York's assertion that Nibiru is a space ship with the (Anunnaqi) on or inside it.

 

Neberu: Akkadian

 

The other side (of a river or the sea)

 

 

"qura[dija] ne-ber-ti Zaba ana kasad Ahlam Akka-<di> ad-ke-ma"

(I sent my warriors out across the river Zab to conquer the Akkadian Ahlamu)

 

"Sa ne-ber-ti Puratti Sirqu"  

(which is situated on the other side of the Euphrates).

 

"Sakkanakki mat Hatti ne-bi-ir-ti Puratti ana ereb Samsi"

(the rulers of the Hatti-land on the other side of the Euphrates, towards the west)

 

"Guggu sar Luddi nagu sa ne-ber-ti tamti"

(King of Lydia, a district which is on the other side of the sea)

 

"sa ina neber-tum nar marratu asbu"

(who dwell on the other side of the Persian Gulf)

 "ana Dilmun ana ne-ber-ti"

(To Dilmun, to the other side)

"ultu mat Gimirri sa ne-ber-tum mat Sugdu"

(Sugdu from the land on the other side of the Sogdians)

 

1. A Crossing:

 

"dNe-be-ru ne-be-re-et same u erseti lu tamahma"

(let [the star] Neberu be in control of the crossing places of the sky and of the earth)

-Enuma Elish Tablet 7 line 124

"pasqat ne-ber-tum supsuqat uruhsa"

(strait is the ford and narrow the road that leads thereto)

-Gilgamesh Epic: tablet 10 line 24

 

3. Neberu (neberu, neperru) ferry, ford, crossing, one of the names of the planet Sag.me.gar. mul.dMarduk = ne-bi-ru6:

 

 

"ul ibsi Gilgames ni-bi-ru matima"

(there has never been a ferry, Gilgamesh)

-Gilagesh Epic: Tablet 10 line 21

"elenussunu nibiru issabtu adi muhhi ni-bi-ru uqattu ibiruni arkanis ana muhhisunnu ittebu"

(took the crossing place upstream from them, as soon as they had finished crossing they attacked them) [the troops of Elam]

"ugaresu me im-kir-ma usapsiqa ne-ber-tu"

(he flooded his meadows and thus made the crossing difficult)

 

4. Neberru = one of the names of the planet Jupiter [Sag.me.gar]

 

"ele-nuss-unu ni-bi-ru issabtu a-di muhhi ni-bi-ru uqattu ibiruni arkanis ana muh-his-unu itte-bu"

(took the crossing-place upstream from them as soon as they had finished crossing).

Source - Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) 

 http://www.aina.org/cad/cad_n2.pdf

 

In neither Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian or any other Mesopotamian literature is Nibiru ever regarded in the slightest form, to being a craft as York teaches his followers.

 

York:

"Question 28. Just what does Nibiru mean? 

 First you must overstand the meaning of the word Nibiru.  It's from the ancient Sumerian as found in the Chaldean, Accadian, Aramic and Ashuric as Nabara, "to raise, to elevate, to go up."

 

This is an indication of poor scholarship and flawed research.  There is NO Sumerian word "Nibiru", there is no Sumerian cuneiform sign or determinative. "Nibiru", it's actually an Akkadian term meaning to cross. "dNe-be-rune-be-re-et same u erseti lu tamahma"  let [the star] Neberu be in control of the crossing places of the sky and of the earth.

-Enuma Elish Tablet 7 line 124

Nibiru was known as a planet (specifically, Jupiter, but once as Mercury), a god (specifically, Marduk), and a star (distinguished from Jupiter). This Mesopotamian epic recounts the origin of the universe in a total of seven tablets.  In the closing portion of Tablet 6 and through most of Tablet 7 the gods proclaim the fifty names of Marduk. In Tablet 6, lines 39-44, Marduk divided the Anunnaki gods into two groups: 300 in heaven and 300 on earth.  After doing this (lines 55ff.), the Anunnaki petition Marduk to be allowed to build a sanctuary, and remind Marduk that he had earlier promised to build Babylon.

The Anunnaki then build Babylon at Marduk’s behest, followed by their own shrines. Tablet 6, line 121 through Tablet 7, line 138 contains the pronouncement of Marduk’s names. One of these names of Marduk, in line 124 of Tablet 7, is Nibiru, following Horowitz’s translation below 23 In line 124 the name is given in Sumerian (Nibiru prefixed by the DINGIR sign for deity) and then a short Akkadian description follows: dNe8-be8-rune8-be8-re-et s\ame,u ers[eti lu tameh}ma Nibiru: "let him/it [Nibiru] bethe holder of the crossing of heavens and earth. (line 125 follows: ". . . "so that they [the heavens] cannot cross above and below, but must wait for him [Nibiru]"). 

 

Observation: Here we have a specific Sumero-Akkadian text that says Nibiru is the name of Marduk. Below we’ll see that Marduk was the name of the planet Jupiter.  Nibiru can’t be a planet beyond Pluto if it’s Jupiter. Nibiru-Marduk-Jupiter has something to do with a crossing place – that is, this astronomical body itself isn't DOING the crossing, but marks or is position seat a crossing point. This is another point of contradiction with [York and] Sitchin's teachings, as [they] argue it is Nibiru that is mobile and "crosses" into the orbital paths of our solar system’s planets.  The ancient texts do not say this.

 

Tablet 7 then continues in lines 126-127 with this statement: 

dNe8-be8-rukakkabu-s\u s\a ina s\ama,u-s\a-pu-u Nibiru is his [Marduk’s]star, which he made appear in the heavens. lu-u8 s[a-bit kun-sag-gi s\u-una s\a-a-s\u lu-u8 pal-su-s\a 

He [Nibiru] is the one who holds the “turning point” [the crossing point, juncture]; they must look to him.

 

Observation: 

Horowitz notes that the word "kunsaggu" is only attested in  the Enuma Elish.  There is akun-sag-ga in another text where that word is paralleled by the word muh~ru, which is a street sign or marker for a turning point during a processional circuit. At any rate, Nibiru marks some sort of juncture or "intersection."

http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/nibirunew.pdf

I invite you to simply look up the references to Nibiru in the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, (CAD) 

http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/cad/

 

York:

"Question 29. Where does the meaning "planet of crossing" come in? 

The fact that the most spoke about a craft Nibiru is a CUBE that whence, is in motion revolves and rotates, and creates an orb, giving the impression of a globe or planet structure. Thus, it inhabited the "planet of crossing."

 

This is false, there exist NO such concept of Nibiru being a cube, naturally, York gives NO evidence to support such a claim.

Neberu(m), neperu, Ass. neburu(m); pi. f. 1. "crossing, ford"; in PIN; Mari pi. "ferrying right(s)"?

 

2. "ferry (boat)" [GIS.MA.DIRI.GA]; sa n. "ferryman"

 

3. astr. (planet Jupiter) [mul/d SAG ME GAR 9]. a i so as name of Nortern star ?; < eberu I

-A Consice Dictionary of Akkadian by Jeremy Black

 

 

Zecharia Sitchin, in most of his books, defines Nibiru as "planet of the crossing" this definition with all it's implications are Sitchin's, Malachi York for many years plagiarized Sitchin's work and profited by releasing a book series called, "Right Knowledge" and "The Supreme Mathematics" where York used Sitchin's information with slight alterations and innovations. 

 

In York's book "The Holy Tablets", he defines Nibiru as, "planet of the crossing",

"...on one of these route to the planet earth, the planet craft Nibiru meaning "planet of the crossing..."

-Malachi York: Holy Tablets pg. 32.

 

 This was taken from Zechariah Sitchin as seen in a number of his books,

 

"...It was the realization that a planet the Sumerian texts called NIBIRU 'Planet of the Crossing' was neither Mars nor Jupiter, as some scholars have debated, but another planet that passes between them every 3,600 years that gave rise to my first book's title, The 12th Planet—the planet which is the 'twelfth member' of the Solar System (although technically it is, as a planet, only the tenth)..."

-Zecharia Sitchin: Genesis Revisited: Is Modern Science Catching Up to Ancient Knowledge? Chapter 1, The Host of Heaven pg. 19 

 

This definition could be applicable as a verb, but both York and Sitchin claims Nibiru as a craft/ship, inhabited by "beings" known as the Anunnaqi/Nephilim.  Keep in mind that Nibiru is NOT Sumerian, because Neberu (Nibiru) is an Akkadian term, placing it in the Semitic language group. 

York:

"Question 30. So are you saying, there is more than one Nibiru? 

That is absolutely correct.  There are many crafts that elevate and travel inter-galactically from star station to star station."

 

Malachi York never offers the reader any verification supporting this premise, thus one can only conclude that he was lying.

 

York:

"Question 34.

So Nibiru is a UFO?  Kane [Yes] The crafts that come in and out, and those too large to enter this small earth's environment because the declared intellectuals of this planet have no spiritual or physical attachments to the beings that man the many crafts to them, they are UFO."

 

Neberu (Nibiru) is NOT an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO).  The ancient Akkadian astronomers and other Mesopotamian civilizations charted and identified Neberu (Nibiru) as Jupiter, Marduk, and Mercury (once), they even cataloged their findings in clay tablets that addresses astronomy called, Mul.Apin, Astrolabe and Enuma Anu Enlil.

 

k|4ma kakkabu4 s\u4t dEnlil ugdammiru4ni is\ten kakkabu4 rabu4 s[essu da)mat s\ame, us\tams\alma izzaz kakkab d AMAR.UD Ne8-be8-ru SAG.ME.GAR manza4ssu ittanakkir s\ame, ibbir

"When the stars of Enlil have been finished, one big star – although its light is dim – divides the sky in half and stands there: that is, the star of Marduk, Nibiru, Jupiter; it keeps changing its position and crosses the sky."

-Mul.Apin I.i:36-38 

 

DISH MUL.UDU.IDIM.GU4 UD AN-e BAR-ma GUB-ma d Ne8-be8-[ru s\ums\u]

"If Mercury divides the sky and stands there, [it’s name] is Nibiru".

-Mul.Apin Tablets K.6174:9’ and K.12769:6’ 

 

Mul sa5 sa ina zi imu18 lu egir dingir mes gi5ti ug-da-mi-ru-nim-ma an-e bar-ma gub-iz mul bi d-Ne-be-ru dAmar.ud

"...the red star which stands in the south after the gods of the night [the stars] have been finished, dividing the sky in half, this star is Nibiru, [i.e., Marduk].

-Astrolabe B Star catalogue KAV 218B ii, lines 29- 32 

 

 

The Enuma Anu Enlil tablet mathematically calculates the duration of lunar visibility throughout a thirty day equinoctial month. Since the length of night changes from month to month, the Babylonians also devised a method of mathematically calculating lunar visibility for any day of the year.  Nibiru was seen, charted and mentioned for succeeding generations to know about.  

 

With due diligence, you'll find one of the earliest analysis by linguist and Assyriologist on Nibiru in the book "The Cosmology of the Babylonians" by Dr. Peter Jensen. This book was published in 1890 decades before Sitchin and York ever wrote anything.  For example, on Nibiru, we find the following. 

With due diligence, you'll find one of the earliest analysis by Assyriologist on Nibiru in the book The Die Kosmologie der Babylonier (Cosmology of the Babylonians)" by Dr. Peter Jensen. This book was published in 1890, decades before Sitchin and York ever wrote anything.  For example, on Nibiru, we find the following. 

1) Jupiter sits at the eastern sky, after the sun is under-went. The case is excluded here. Because then he is visible all night, and can, therefore, more the dusk disappears, always better be respected. 

2) Jupiter sits at the west sky before the sun.  This eventuality is also present here, far away, since under such circumstances Jupiter was before could be observed throughout the night..."

-Die Kosmologie der Babylonier pg. 35

 

 

Jupiter, actually = ferry.  the star of Marduk, the god who was in the beginning of the year (see above p.87)

After the days of the year in the (heavenly) drawings (?) j, he founded the Place of Jupiter, to mark their barrier, with it neither deviate nor abrear "(K 3567, 5-7 in De-litzsch, Lesest. ^ p. 94)

1 a-na LUGAL [EN-ja]

2 IR-ka IdPA-[PAPMES-SU]

3 lu sul-mu a-na LUGAL

4 dPA dAMAR-UD [a-na LUGAL]

5 EN-ja lik-[ru-bu]

6 sum-ma ina I[GI LUGAL]

7 NAM.BUR.B[I HUL]

8 me-me-ni I[u! e-pi-si]

9 sa ta-ma!-[(a-)ti]

10 sa MULS[AG.ME.GAR]

11 sa MULUD[U!.IDIM.GU UD]

12 sa ina SA I-e[n.....]

13 da-rat a-he!-[e-is]

14 us-su-uni [pi-sar-su-nu]

15 ina lib-bi lis-tu-[ru]

16 a-ki an-ni-i-e! [o]

To the king, [my Lord], (from) your servant Nabu-ahhe-eriba]: Good health to [the king, my Lord]! May the gods Nabu (and) Marduk bl[ess the king], my Lord. If it [suits the king], the apotropaic ritual [against evil] of any kind shou]ld] be performed], (and) [the interpretation] of the observ[ation] of the planets Jupiter and Me[rcury] which, during one[....] , come forth in succession, should be written in (the text). It is said (in the books) as follows: 'if the star of Marduk is black and [....], in that year the as[akku] disease [will rage (in the country)].' From each other [....] not malaria [...]; the king, my Lord, should not be af[raid of it]. (The interpretation) should be written in the apo[tropic ritual]; anything [that] is per[tinent] should be done, (and) [the evil] should be made pa[ss by].

-Letters From Assyrian Scholars to the King Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal Part1: Texts, pg.44; letters compiled by Simo Parpola 1970 (Primary source located on display in the British Museum) 

 

In a forgotten booklet released by Malachi York called "Extraterrestrials In Creation" page 110, he claims via an artistic depiction, that Nibiru is GREATER in size compared the planet Jupiter.  This is significant because it demonstrates for one that York was ignorant or didn't care that what the ancients (Sumerians/Akkadians) wrote about Sag.me.gar/Neberu/Nibiru in relation to it being a planet or star, it demonstrates that he was falsifying documentation left by the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians and Babylonians.  

According the nearly every ancient reference to Neberu (Nibiru), it's always regarded as the planet Jupiter with only minor exceptions.  The planet of the crossing or the planet that crosses, that planet was Jupiter.  The descriptions identified the highest and brightest star/planet in the sky by the those ancient astronomers in Mesopotamia as Jupiter. 

This being the case, why or what would compel York to publish such distortions or lies in his books?  If York was all about truth and the facts, why hasn't he shown an ancient manuscript that supports his claim?  Nibiru being larger than the planet Jupiter is silly, because to the Akkadians Jupiter was Neberu (Nibiru) and Sag.me.gar to the Sumerians. 

Summery:

 

York doesn't offer his followers relevant historical references to verify his comments about Nibiru, just rhetoric, opinions, suppositions and lies.  Nibiru was regarded as a planet/star/Deity that was nearly always Jupiter/Marduk, and documented once as Mercury. The Sumerians, Akkadians and Babylonians by their own records, knew of only 5 planets and may have included the sun and moon in their planetary calculations, making it only 7 planets and not 12 as Sitchin and York claimed. Nibiru is never mentioned in conjunction with the Anunnaki, and it's never said to have been inhabited by anyone. Nibiru is both a "fixed star" with some relationship to constellations, whether a member or just in proximity described as "changing position" and "crossing" the sky at times.  Nibiru (Jupiter) was and is seen every year, which eliminates Sitchin & York's view of Nibiru traveling counterclockwise every 3,600 years.