שפטן · shif-tawn'

Shiphtan

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8 Aug 2026

missing נ ש

letters

439

gematria

◆ 288 yr

recurrence

2 signs · 288 yr

simple letters

ט נ

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

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

Gloss

Hebrew	שפטן
Transliteration	shif-tawn'
Gloss	Shiphtan
Part of speech	n-pr-m
Length	4 letters
Gematria	439
Simple letters	ט נ
Badges	name

Recurrence — how often שפטן reads

◆ 288 years between the rare alignments that make שפטן legible — the significant stellar reading, recurring over years→centuries with no fixed cadence. It also reads on ordinary days (119 of 365 days · gap 1–176 d · ~every 3 d).

Required sign(s) / simple(s)	Leo / Scorpio · ט נ · mother ש
Rare alignments read at	54 of 12505 (maxInSign 5/6/7, across 22,000 yr)
Years	19592 BCE · 19455 BCE · 19094 BCE · 18964 BCE · 18688 BCE · 18202 BCE · 17949 BCE · 16734 BCE … 1395 CE · 1513 CE · 1896 CE · 2184 CE (54 total)
Gap between alignments	2–1629 yr · median 288 yr
Nearest to 8 Aug 2026	1896 CE (130 yr ago) · next 2184 CE (in 158 yr)
Ordinary-day cadence	119 of 365 days · gap 1–176 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.

Wikipedia — shif-tawn'

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