Danדנ
In the Bible
A biblical personal name — Dan (דנ) — first attested in Gen 14:14 (38 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה אָחִ֑יו וַיָּ֨רֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָ֜יו יְלִידֵ֣י בֵית֗וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף עַד־דָּֽן׃
When Abram heard that his kinsman<sup class="footnote-marker">b</sup><i class="footnote"><b>his kinsman </b>I.e., Lot and his household.</i> had been taken captive, he mustered his retainers,<sup class="footnote-marker">c</sup><i class="footnote"><b>retainers </b>Meaning of Heb. <i>ḥanikh</i> uncertain.</i> born into his household, numbering three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Facts
| Type | person |
| Biblical period | Patriarchs/Conquest |
| Gematria | 54 |
| Letters | 2 consonants |
| Theophoric | no |
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Dan (דנ) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ד | 4 | 4 |
| ן | 50 | 5 |
| Total | 54 | 9 |
Stellar letters
The 2-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
Dan 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 |