חטף · khaw-taf'

clutch

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8 Aug 2026

readable — all required letters occupied

letters

gematria

◆ 26 yr

recurrence

2 signs · 26 yr

simple letters

ח ט

● readable on 8 Aug 2026 — all required letters occupied

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

Gloss

Hebrew	חטף
Transliteration	khaw-taf'
Gloss	clutch
Part of speech	v
Length	3 letters
Gematria	97
Simple letters	ח ט
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Recurrence — how often חטף reads

◆ 26 years between the rare alignments that make חטף legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (129 of 365 days · gap 1–27 d · ~every 3 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Cancer / Leo · ח ט
Rare alignments read at	693 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19978 BCE · 19969 BCE · 19946 BCE · 19945 BCE · 19933 BCE · 19886 BCE · 19884 BCE · 19828 BCE … 2145 CE · 2154 CE · 2169 CE · 2182 CE (693 total)
Gap between alignments	0–201 yr · median 26 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	2004 CE (22 yr ago) · next 2062 CE (in 36 yr)
Ordinary-day cadence	129 of 365 days · gap 1–27 d · ~every 3 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.