אפה · aw-faw'

cook

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8 Aug 2026

missing א

letters

gematria

◆ 10 yr

recurrence

Aries · 10 yr

simple letters

○ not readable on 8 Aug 2026 — missing: א (mother-zone not spanned)

Gold sectors = the simple (zodiac) letters this word needs. Lavender = occupied today but not required by this word.

Gloss

Hebrew	אפה
Transliteration	aw-faw'
Gloss	cook
Part of speech	v
Length	3 letters
Gematria	86
Simple letters	ה
Badges	—

Recurrence — how often אפה reads

◆ 10 years between the rare alignments that make אפה legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (240 of 365 days · gap 1–24 d · ~every 2 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Aries · ה · mother א
Rare alignments read at	1665 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19995 BCE · 19995 BCE · 19971 BCE · 19960 BCE · 19950 BCE · 19948 BCE · 19928 BCE · 19923 BCE … 2070 CE · 2140 CE · 2193 CE · 2199 CE (1665 total)
Gap between alignments	0–87 yr · median 10 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	2011 CE (15 yr ago) · next 2027 CE (in 1 yr)
Ordinary-day cadence	240 of 365 days · gap 1–24 d · ~every 2 d

The alignment gap is the rare, significant reading — the stellar-recurrence "frequency constant": a one-simple word reads at most alignments (short gap, e.g. every few years); a multi-simple word reads only when all its signs coincide (long gap). The ordinary-day cadence is the noise floor every word also sits on (when any planet transits its sign). Planet periods are stable, so the everyday cadence is the same in any year.

This single-reading page is a shareable deep link: . The sky map, gloss and year timeline are computed live from astronomy-engine planet positions; the Wikipedia panel (shown for proper and angel names) is the free Wikipedia REST summary API.