Aradערד

ar-awd' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Arad — attested in Num 33:40 (4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Num 33:40

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲרָ֔ד וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁ֥ב בַּנֶּ֖גֶב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן בְּבֹ֖א בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And the Canaanite, king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negeb, in the land of Canaan, learned of the coming of the Israelites.dlearned of the coming of the Israelites See 21.1–3.

Facts

Type	place (toponym)
Biblical period	Patriarchs/Conquest
Gematria	274
Letters	3 consonants

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.

Capricorn · Ayin

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Arad 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.

Date	Precessional era	Occupied letters \|O\|
12 Jan 1994	Pisces	3