Bedanבדנ
In the Bible
A biblical personal name — Bedan (בדנ) — first attested in 1 Sam 12:11 (2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יְהֹוָה֙ אֶת־יְרֻבַּ֣עַל וְאֶת־בְּדָ֔ן וְאֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח וְאֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיַּצֵּ֨ל אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִיַּ֤ד אֹֽיְבֵיכֶם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ בֶּֽטַח׃
And G<small>OD</small> sent Jerubbaal and Bedan<sup class="footnote-marker">g</sup><i class="footnote"><b>Bedan </b>Septuagint “Barak.”</i> and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you from the enemies around you; and you dwelt in security.
Facts
| Type | person |
| Biblical period | Monarchy (David/Solomon) |
| Gematria | 56 |
| Letters | 3 consonants |
| Theophoric | no |
Wikipedia — Bedan
Bedan is named as one of the deliverer of Israelites in 1 Samuel 12:11.
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Bedan (בדנ) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| ב | 2 | 2 |
| ד | 4 | 4 |
| ן | 50 | 5 |
| Total | 56 | 2 |
Stellar letters
The 3-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.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Bedan appears in the stellar reading on 4 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 6352 BCE | Cancer | 3 |
| 5 Nov 4018 BCE | Gemini | 1 |
| 9 Nov 958 BCE | Aries | 2 |
| 12 Jan 1994 | Pisces | 3 |