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Achmethaאחמתא

akh-me-thaw' · Post-exile/Writings

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Achmetha — attested in Ezra 6:2 (1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible).

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Ezra 6:2

וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א בְּבִ֥ירְתָ֛א דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖א מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה וְכֵן־כְּתִ֥יב בְּגַוַּ֖הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽהֿ׃

But it was in the citadel of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found in which the following was written: “Memorandum:

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPost-exile/Writings
Gematria450
Letters5 consonants

Stellar letters

The 5-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.

ח
Cancer · Chet

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Achmetha 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.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
21 Jun 1912 BCETaurus2
18 Jul 144 BCEAries1
24 Apr 1857Pisces3