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Charanחרנ

kaw-rawn' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Charan — attested in Gen 12:4 (6 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 12:4

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אַבְרָ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ ל֑וֹט וְאַבְרָ֗ם בֶּן־חָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּצֵאת֖וֹ מֵחָרָֽן׃

Abram went forth as GOD had commanded him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria258
Letters3 consonants

Stellar letters

The 3-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.

ח
Cancer · Chet
נ
Scorpio · Nun

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Charan 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|
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3