Arvadארוד
In the Bible
A biblical toponym — Arvad — first attested in Ezek 27:11 (3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
בְּנֵ֧י אַרְוַ֣ד וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ הָי֑וּ שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם תִּלּ֤וּ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כָּלְל֥וּ יׇפְיֵֽךְ׃
<span class="poetry indentAll">Men of Arvad and Helech</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Were upon your walls all around,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And men of Gammad were stationed in your towers;</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">They hung their quivers all about your walls;</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">They perfected your beauty.</span><br>
Facts
| Type | place (toponym) |
| Biblical period | Patriarchs/Conquest |
| Gematria | 211 |
| Letters | 4 consonants |
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Arvad (ארוד) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| א | 1 | 1 |
| ר | 200 | 2 |
| ו | 6 | 6 |
| ד | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 211 | 4 |
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.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Arvad 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| |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 1857 | Pisces | 3 |