Adadאדד

ad-ad' · Monarchy (David/Solomon)

In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Adad (אדד) — attested in 1 Ki 11:17 (1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible).

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1 Ki 11:17

וַיִּבְרַ֣ח אֲדַ֡ד הוּא֩ וַאֲנָשִׁ֨ים אֲדֹמִיִּ֜ים מֵעַבְדֵ֥י אָבִ֛יו אִתּ֖וֹ לָב֣וֹא מִצְרָ֑יִם וַהֲדַ֖ד נַ֥עַר קָטָֽן׃

But Hadad,eHadad Heb. “Adad.” together with some Edomites, servants of his father, escaped and headed for Egypt; Hadad was then a young boy.

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodMonarchy (David/Solomon)
Gematria9
Letters3 consonants
Theophoricno

Wikipedia — Hadad

Hadad
Semitic storm god

Hadad, Haddad, Adad, or Iškur (Sumerian) was the storm- and rain-god in the Canaanite and ancient Mesopotamian religions. He was attested in Ebla as "Hadda" in c. 2500 BCE.

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Adad appears in the stellar reading on 12 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
3 Jun 8267 BCECancer1
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
11 Mar 5685 BCEGemini1
26 Mar 4831 BCEGemini1
5 Nov 4018 BCEGemini1
20 Mar 3242 BCETaurus2
21 Jun 1912 BCETaurus2
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2
18 Jul 144 BCEAries1
12 Jan 1994Pisces3
24 Apr 1857Pisces3
4 Feb 1962Pisces1