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Amadעמעד

am-awd' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Amad — attested in Josh 19:26 (1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible).

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Josh 19:26

וְאַֽלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וְעַמְעָ֖ד וּמִשְׁאָ֑ל וּפָגַ֤ע בְּכַרְמֶל֙ הַיָּ֔מָּה וּבְשִׁיח֖וֹר לִבְנָֽת׃

Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; and it touched Carmel on the west, and Shihor-libnath.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria184
Letters4 consonants

Stellar letters

The 4-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.

ע
Capricorn · Ayin

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Amad 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