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Sepharadספרד

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In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Sepharad — attested in Gen 4:13 (13 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 4:13

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר קַ֖יִן אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה גָּד֥וֹל עֲוֺנִ֖י מִנְּשֹֽׂא*(בספרי ספרד ואשכנז מִנְּשֽׂוֹא)׃

Cain said to GOD, “My punishment is too great to bear!

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria344
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.

ס
Sagittarius · Samekh

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Sepharad appears in the stellar reading on 2 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
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2