The name Kolob (Abr. 3:3–4, 9, 16; 5:13) is perhaps the most famous name to come from the Book of Abraham. The transliteration system that Joseph Smith used for Hebrew used the letter k for two different Hebrew letters: k and q. Thus the name Kolob fits well with two Semitic roots. Either it could be from *qlb (Arabic qalb, “heart”) or *klb (Akkadian kalbu, “dog,” Ugaritic klb, “dog,” Hebrew keleb, “dog,” [e.g., Ex. 11:7], Syriac kelb, kalbā’, “dog,” Arabic kalb, “dog,” Ethiopic kalb, “dog”). Both are used for stars or constellations, the former in Arabic for Regulus; the latter, in Akkadian, represents “the constellation Hercules,” while in Syriac it represents the star Sirius; in Arabic it represents the constellation Canus Major, especially the main star Sirius. The root *qlb seems less likely because it is not attested until much later Arabic and not in earlier languages.