Meresמרס

meh'-res · Exile/Prophets

In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Meres (מרס) — attested in Isa 5:20 (3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Isa 5:20

ה֣וֹי הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לָרַ֛ע ט֖וֹב וְלַטּ֣וֹב רָ֑ע שָׂמִ֨ים חֹ֤שֶׁךְ לְאוֹר֙ וְא֣וֹר לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ שָׂמִ֥ים מַ֛ר לְמָת֖וֹק וּמָת֥וֹק לְמָֽר׃

Ah,Those who call evil goodAnd good evil;Who present darkness as lightAnd light as darkness;Who present bitter as sweetAnd sweet as bitter!

Facts

Type	person
Biblical period	Exile/Prophets
Gematria	300
Letters	3 consonants
Theophoric	no

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.

Sagittarius · Samekh

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Meres appears in the stellar reading on 2 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
9 Nov 958 BCE	Aries	2