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Dedanדדנ

ded-awn' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Dedan — attested in Gen 10:7 (6 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 10:7

וּבְנֵ֣י כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א וּבְנֵ֥י רַעְמָ֖ה שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃

The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria58
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.

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