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Tsephathצפת

tsef-ath' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Tsephath — attested in Judg 1:17 (2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Judg 1:17

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת־שִׁמְע֣וֹן אָחִ֔יו וַיַּכּ֕וּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב צְפַ֑ת וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּ אוֹתָ֔הּ וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר חׇרְמָֽה׃

And Judah with its brother-tribe Simeon went on and defeated the Canaanites who dwelt in Zephath. They proscribed it, and so the town was named Hormah.eHormah I.e., “Proscribed.” Cf. notes at Num. 21.2–3.

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria570
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.

צ
Aquarius · Tzaddi

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Tsephath 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|
12 Jan 1994Pisces3
4 Feb 1962Pisces1