ביתלחם · bayth leh'-khem

Beth-Lechem

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8 Aug 2026

missing י מ

letters

490

gematria

◆ 177 yr

recurrence

3 signs · 177 yr

simple letters

ח י ל

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

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

Gloss

Hebrew	ביתלחם
Transliteration	bayth leh'-khem
Gloss	Beth-Lechem
Part of speech	n-pr-loc
Length	6 letters
Gematria	490
Simple letters	ח י ל
Badges	placecompound
Bible refs	📖 Judg 19:18 📖 1 Sam 20:6 📖 2 Sam 23:15 📖 2 Sam 23:16 📖 Mic 5:1 📖 Ezra 2:21 📖 Neh 7:26 📖 1 Chr 2:51 📖 1 Chr 11:17 📖 1 Chr 11:18

Recurrence — how often ביתלחם reads

◆ 177 years between the rare alignments that make ביתלחם legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (38 of 365 days · gap 1–234 d · ~every 10 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Virgo / Libra / Cancer · י ל ח · mother מ
Rare alignments read at	73 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19978 BCE · 19918 BCE · 19741 BCE · 19706 BCE · 19006 BCE · 18938 BCE · 18449 BCE · 18235 BCE … 1767 CE · 1835 CE · 2064 CE · 2096 CE (73 total)
Gap between alignments	1–1091 yr · median 177 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	1835 CE (191 yr ago) · next 2064 CE (in 38 yr)
Ordinary-day cadence	38 of 365 days · gap 1–234 d · ~every 10 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.

Wikipedia — bayth leh'-khem

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