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Nibshanנבשנ

nib-shawn' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Nibshan — attested in Josh 15:62 (1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible).

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Josh 15:62

וְהַנִּבְשָׁ֥ן וְעִיר־הַמֶּ֖לַח וְעֵ֣ין גֶּ֑דִי עָרִ֥ים שֵׁ֖שׁ וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

Nibshan, Ir-melah,oIr-melah Or “the City of Salt.” and En-gedi: 6 towns, with their villages.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria402
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.

נ
Scorpio · Nun

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Nibshan 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