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Dedanדדנ

ded-awn' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Dedan — first attested in Gen 25:3 (6 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

Gen 25:3 · first occurrence of 6

וְיׇקְשָׁ֣ן יָלַ֔ד אֶת־שְׁבָ֖א וְאֶת־דְּדָ֑ן וּבְנֵ֣י דְדָ֔ן הָי֛וּ אַשּׁוּרִ֥ם וּלְטוּשִׁ֖ם וּלְאֻמִּֽים׃

Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.

Dedan appears 6× in the Hebrew Bible — first occurrences:

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria58
Letters3 consonants

Gematria & sigil

The consonantal gematria of Dedan (דדנ) 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.

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LetterValueAiq Bekar
ד44
ד44
ן505
Total584
Mispar Katan (digit-sum): 4

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.

נ
Scorpio · Nun

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Dedan appears in the stellar reading on 4 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
5 Nov 4018 BCEGemini1
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2
12 Jan 1994Pisces3