Aaronאהרן
In the Bible
The prophet Aaron (אהרן) — first attested in Ex 4:14.
וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֨ף יְהֹוָ֜ה בְּמֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הֲלֹ֨א אַהֲרֹ֤ן אָחִ֙יךָ֙ הַלֵּוִ֔י יָדַ֕עְתִּי כִּֽי־דַבֵּ֥ר יְדַבֵּ֖ר ה֑וּא וְגַ֤ם הִנֵּה־הוּא֙ יֹצֵ֣א לִקְרָאתֶ֔ךָ וְרָאֲךָ֖ וְשָׂמַ֥ח בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃
G<small>OD</small> became angry with Moses and said, “There is your brother Aaron the Levite. He, I know, speaks readily. Even now he is setting out to meet you, and he will be happy to see you.
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Aaron (אהרן) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| א | 1 | 1 |
| ה | 5 | 5 |
| ר | 200 | 2 |
| ן | 50 | 5 |
| Total | 256 | 4 |
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.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Aaron appears in the stellar reading on 0 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Its required simple letters are never all occupied together on these 12 dates — a multi-letter name is rarer than a single-letter one. Open any date in the Reader to inspect that sky.
No readable date among the 12 — this name needs more simultaneous simple letters than any of these conjunctions occupy.
Description
According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron was an Israelite prophet, high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran.
Facts
| Venerated in | Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Samaritanism, Baháʼí Faith, Rastafari |
| Feast | Latin Church: July 1, The Sunday before Nativity (Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Old Testament) (Eastern Orthodox Church), Maronite Church: September 4 |
| Title | Prophet High Priest |
| Born | Goshen, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt |
| Died | Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, Transjordan, or Moseroth, near Edom (aged 123 in Jewish traditions) |
| Spouse | Elisheba |
| Children | Nadab Abihu Eleazar Ithamar |
| Parents | Amram (father) Jochebed (mother) |
| Relatives | Levi (grandfather) Miriam (sister) Moses (brother) Zipporah (sister-in-law) Gershom (nephew) Eliezer (nephew) Amminadab (father-in-law) Nahshon (brother-in-law) |
| Religion | Abrahamic religions |
Life & work in brief
Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.
| Topic | Summary |
|---|---|
| Biblical narrative | According to the Book of Exodus, Aaron first functioned as Moses' assistant. |
| Historicity | Thomas Römer argues that external evidence and biblical texts suggest the Pentateuch reflects tensions among three groups: (1) a lay group aligned with Moses, (2) a priestly group linked to Aaron, and (3) the Levites. |
| In religious traditions | The older prophets and prophetical writers beheld in their priests the representatives of a religious form inferior to the prophetic truth; men without the spirit of God and lacking the willpower requisite to resist the multitude in its idolatrous proclivities. |
| In art | Aaron appears paired with Moses frequently in Jewish and Christian art, especially in the illustrations of manuscript and printed Bibles. |
Prophecies
Key prophetic utterances and visions attributed to Aaron, with sources.
| Prophecy / vision | Source |
|---|---|
| You shall put the words in his mouth; he shall be your mouth, you shall be as God to him | Ex 4:15-16 |
| Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? He can speak well; he comes out to meet you | Ex 4:14 |
| Send Aaron with me as a minister of my people; he is more eloquent | Quran 25:35 / 26:13 |
| My people, you are only being tested by it — Aaron warns against the calf | Quran 20:90 |