Makkedahמקדה

mak-kay-daw' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Makkedah — attested in Josh 10:16 (7 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Josh 10:16

וַיָּנֻ֕סוּ חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֵּחָבְא֥וּ בַמְּעָרָ֖ה בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃

Meanwhile, those five kings fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah.

Facts

Type	place (toponym)
Biblical period	Patriarchs/Conquest
Gematria	149
Letters	4 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.

Aries · Heh

Pisces · Qoph

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Makkedah 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\|
20 Mar 3242 BCE	Taurus	2