Maarathמערת
In the Bible
A biblical toponym — Maarath — first attested in Josh 15:59 (3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
וּמַעֲרָ֥ת וּבֵית־עֲנ֖וֹת וְאֶלְתְּקֹ֑ן עָרִ֥ים שֵׁ֖שׁ וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ <span class="mam-spi-pe">{פ}</span><br>
Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: 6 towns, with their villages.<sup class="footnote-marker">n</sup><i class="footnote">Septuagint adds: “Tekoa, Ephrathah—that is, Bethlehem—Peor, Etam, Kulon, Tatam, Sores, Karem, Gallim, Bether, and Manach—11 towns, with their villages.”</i>
Facts
| Type | place (toponym) |
| Biblical period | Patriarchs/Conquest |
| Gematria | 710 |
| Letters | 4 consonants |
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Maarath (מערת) 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.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| ם | 40 | 4 |
| ע | 70 | 7 |
| ר | 200 | 2 |
| ת | 400 | 4 |
| Total | 710 | 8 |
Stellar letters
The 4-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.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Maarath 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.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 1994 | Pisces | 3 |