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Moabמואב

mo-awb · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Moab — attested in Gen 19:37 (137 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 19:37

וַתֵּ֤לֶד הַבְּכִירָה֙ בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ מוֹאָ֑ב ה֥וּא אֲבִֽי־מוֹאָ֖ב עַד־הַיּֽוֹם׃

The older one bore a son and named him Moab;jMoab As though me-ʼab “from (my) father.” he is the father of the Moabites of today.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria49
Letters4 consonants

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.

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Taurus · Vav

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Moab 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|
24 Apr 1857Pisces3