Artsaארצא

ar-tsaw' · Monarchy (David/Solomon)

In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Artsa (ארצא) — attested in 1 Ki 16:9 (1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible).

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1 Ki 16:9

וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר עָלָיו֙ עַבְדּ֣וֹ זִמְרִ֔י שַׂ֖ר מַחֲצִ֣ית הָרָ֑כֶב וְה֤וּא בְתִרְצָה֙ שֹׁתֶ֣ה שִׁכּ֔וֹר בֵּ֣ית אַרְצָ֔א אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הַבַּ֖יִת בְּתִרְצָֽה׃

His officer Zimri, commander of half the chariotry, committed treason against him while he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the palace at Tirzah.

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodMonarchy (David/Solomon)
Gematria292
Letters4 consonants
Theophoricno

Stellar letters

The 4-consonant name needs its 1 distinct simple-letter to be occupied in the sky. The 7 classical bodies open a sign → its Hebrew simple letter; this name reads only when the planets sit in exactly these signs.

צ
Aquarius · Tzaddi

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Artsa appears in the stellar reading on 2 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
12 Jan 1994Pisces3
4 Feb 1962Pisces1