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Obothאבת

o-both' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Oboth — attested in Gen 24:11 (6 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 24:11

וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ הַגְּמַלִּ֛ים מִח֥וּץ לָעִ֖יר אֶל־בְּאֵ֣ר הַמָּ֑יִם לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב לְעֵ֖ת צֵ֥את הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃

He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city, at evening time, the time when women come out to draw water.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria403
Letters3 consonants

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Oboth appears in the stellar reading on 12 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
3 Jun 8267 BCECancer1
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
11 Mar 5685 BCEGemini1
26 Mar 4831 BCEGemini1
5 Nov 4018 BCEGemini1
20 Mar 3242 BCETaurus2
21 Jun 1912 BCETaurus2
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2
18 Jul 144 BCEAries1
12 Jan 1994Pisces3
24 Apr 1857Pisces3
4 Feb 1962Pisces1