Ehudאהוד

ay-hood' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Ehud (אהוד) — attested in Judg 3:16 (7 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Judg 3:16

וַיַּ֩עַשׂ֩ ל֨וֹ אֵה֜וּד חֶ֗רֶב וְלָ֛הּ שְׁנֵ֥י פֵי֖וֹת גֹּ֣מֶד אׇרְכָּ֑הּ וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר אוֹתָהּ֙ מִתַּ֣חַת לְמַדָּ֔יו עַ֖ל יֶ֥רֶךְ יְמִינֽוֹ׃

So Ehud made for himself a two-edged dagger, a gomed in length, which he girded on his right side under his cloak.

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria16
Letters4 consonants
Theophoricno

Wikipedia — Ehud

Ehud
Israelite described in the biblical Book of Judges

Ehud ben‑Gera is described in the biblical Book of Judges chapter 3 as a judge who was sent by God to deliver the Israelites from Moabite domination. He is described as being left-handed and a member of the Tribe of Benjamin.

Stellar letters

The 4-consonant name needs its 2 distinct simple-letters 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.

ה
Aries · Heh
ו
Taurus · Vav

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Ehud appears in the stellar reading on 1 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
24 Apr 1857Pisces3