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Kenaanכנענ

ken-ah'-an · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Kenaan — attested in Gen 9:18 (77 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 9:18

וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ בְנֵי־נֹ֗חַ הַיֹּֽצְאִים֙ מִן־הַתֵּבָ֔ה שֵׁ֖ם וְחָ֣ם וָיָ֑פֶת וְחָ֕ם ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י כְנָֽעַן׃

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth—Ham being the father of Canaan.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria190
Letters4 consonants

Stellar letters

The 4-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.

נ
Scorpio · Nun
ע
Capricorn · Ayin

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Kenaan 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|
12 Jan 1994Pisces3