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Cushכוש

koosh · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Cush — attested in Gen 2:13 (18 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 2:13

וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת כׇּל־אֶ֥רֶץ כּֽוּשׁ׃

The name of the second river is Gihon, the one that winds through the whole land of Cush.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria326
Letters3 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.

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Taurus · Vav

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Cush 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