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Timnath-Cheresתמנתחרס

tim-nath kheh'-res · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Timnath-Cheres — attested in Judg 2:9 (1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible).

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Judg 2:9

וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ אוֹתוֹ֙ בִּגְב֣וּל נַחֲלָת֔וֹ בְּתִמְנַת־חֶ֖רֶס בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם מִצְּפ֖וֹן לְהַר־גָּֽעַשׁ׃

and was buried on his own property, at Timnath-hereseTimnath-heres Some mss. read “Timnath-serah”; cf. Josh. 24.30. in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria1158
Letters7 consonants

Stellar letters

The 7-consonant name needs its 3 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.

ח
Cancer · Chet
נ
Scorpio · Nun
ס
Sagittarius · Samekh

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Timnath-Cheres 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|
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3