Merabמרב

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In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Merab (מרב) — attested in Gen 16:10 (24 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 16:10

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֔ה הַרְבָּ֥ה אַרְבֶּ֖ה אֶת־זַרְעֵ֑ךְ וְלֹ֥א יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵרֹֽב׃

And the angel of GOD said to her,“I will greatly increase your offspring,And they shall be too many to count.”

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria242
Letters3 consonants
Theophoricno

Wikipedia — Merab

Merab
Elder daughter of Saul

Merab is a character in the Hebrew Bible, mentioned in the Book of Samuel. She is the eldest daughter of Saul, and older sister to Michal.

Readable on these rare conjunctions

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

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
3 Jun 8267 BCECancer1
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
11 Mar 5685 BCEGemini1
26 Mar 4831 BCEGemini1
5 Nov 4018 BCEGemini1
20 Mar 3242 BCETaurus2
21 Jun 1912 BCETaurus2
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2
18 Jul 144 BCEAries1
12 Jan 1994Pisces3
24 Apr 1857Pisces3
4 Feb 1962Pisces1