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Goshenגשנ

go'-shen · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Goshen — first attested in Gen 45:10 (12 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

Gen 45:10 · first occurrence of 12

וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֣ בְאֶֽרֶץ־גֹּ֗שֶׁן וְהָיִ֤יתָ קָרוֹב֙ אֵלַ֔י אַתָּ֕ה וּבָנֶ֖יךָ וּבְנֵ֣י בָנֶ֑יךָ וְצֹאנְךָ֥ וּבְקָרְךָ֖ וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ׃

You will dwell in the region of Goshen, where you will be near me—you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that is yours.

Goshen appears 12× in the Hebrew Bible — first occurrences:

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria353
Letters3 consonants

Gematria & sigil

The consonantal gematria of Goshen (גשנ) 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
ג33
ש3003
ן505
Total3532
Mispar Katan (digit-sum): 2

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

Goshen 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