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Chaborחבור

khaw-bore' · Monarchy (David/Solomon)

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Chabor — attested in 2 Ki 17:6 (4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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2 Ki 17:6

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁעִ֜ית לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לָכַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֶּ֥גֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אוֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, at the [River] Habor, at the River Gozan, and in the towns of Media.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodMonarchy (David/Solomon)
Gematria216
Letters4 consonants

Stellar letters

The 4-consonant name needs its 2 distinct simple-letters 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.

ו
Taurus · Vav
ח
Cancer · Chet

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Chabor 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|
24 Apr 1857Pisces3