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Paranפארנ

paw-rawn' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Paran — attested in Gen 14:6 (7 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 14:6

וְאֶת־הַחֹרִ֖י בְּהַרְרָ֣ם שֵׂעִ֑יר עַ֚ד אֵ֣יל פָּארָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria331
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

Paran 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