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Taanakתענכ

tah-an-awk' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Taanak — attested in Deut 20:11 (5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Deut 20:11

וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ וּפָתְחָ֖ה לָ֑ךְ וְהָיָ֞ה כׇּל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצָא־בָ֗הּ יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֛ לָמַ֖ס וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃

If it responds peaceably and lets you in, all the people present there shall serve you at forced labor.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria540
Letters4 consonants

Stellar letters

The 4-consonant name needs its 2 distinct simple-letters 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
ע
Capricorn · Ayin

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Taanak 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|
12 Jan 1994Pisces3