Nahumנחום
In the Bible
The prophet Nahum (נחום) — first attested in Nah 1:1 (2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
מַשָּׂ֖א נִֽינְוֵ֑ה סֵ֧פֶר חֲז֛וֹן נַח֖וּם הָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי׃
A pronouncement on Nineveh: The Book of the Prophecy of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Nahum (נחום) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ן | 50 | 5 |
| ח | 8 | 8 |
| ו | 6 | 6 |
| ם | 40 | 4 |
| Total | 104 | 5 |
Stellar letters
The 4-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.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Nahum 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
Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Tanakh, also called the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style.
Facts
| Type | Shrine to the biblical prophet Nahum |
| Cultures | Assyrian, Jewish |
| Location | Town of Alqosh, Northern Iraq, 50 km (31 mi) north of Mosul |
| Excavation dates | None |
| Condition | Partial collapse, stabilized in 2018 |
| Public access | yes |
Life & work in brief
Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.
| Topic | Summary |
|---|---|
| Life | Little is known about Nahum's personal history. |
| Works | Nahum's writings could be taken as prophecy or as history. |
| Tomb | The tomb of Nahum is supposedly inside the synagogue at Alqosh, although there are other places outside Iraq which also lay claim to being the original "Elkosh" from which Nahum hailed. |
| Liturgical commemoration | The prophet Nahum is venerated as a saint in Eastern Christianity. |
Prophecies
Key prophetic utterances and visions attributed to Nahum, with sources.
| Prophecy / vision | Source |
|---|---|
| An overflowing flood and pursuers of darkness pursue Nineveh | Nah 1:8; 2:8 |
| There is no healing for your bruise; all who hear clap hands over you | Nah 3:19 |