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Terachתרח

teh'-rakh · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Terach — attested in Gen 11:27 (8 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 11:27

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת תֶּ֔רַח תֶּ֚רַח הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אַבְרָ֔ם אֶת־נָח֖וֹר וְאֶת־הָרָ֑ן וְהָרָ֖ן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־לֽוֹט׃

Now this is the line of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria608
Letters3 consonants

Stellar letters

The 3-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.

ח
Cancer · Chet

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Terach 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
21 Jun 1912 BCETaurus2
18 Jul 144 BCEAries1
24 Apr 1857Pisces3