Maatsמעצ

mah'-ats · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Maats (מעצ) — attested in Gen 2:17 (4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 2:17

וּמֵעֵ֗ץ הַדַּ֙עַת֙ ט֣וֹב וָרָ֔ע לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל מִמֶּ֑נּוּ כִּ֗י בְּי֛וֹם אֲכׇלְךָ֥ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃

but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat of it; for as soon as you eat of it, you shall die.”

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria200
Letters3 consonants
Theophoricno

Stellar letters

The 3-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.

ע
Capricorn · Ayin
צ
Aquarius · Tzaddi

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Maats 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|
12 Jan 1994Pisces3