Ashterah עשתרה
Ashterah (עשתרה) is a name in the Tanakh — young of the flock. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,858 sequences of Ashterah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 16:16); chance alone would give about 1,793.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,858
- Chance alone
- 1,793
- P (≥ found)
- 0.06
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,858 sequences of עשתרה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,793 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which עשתרה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 16:16, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), עשתרה is found 14,825 times; chance alone would give about 14,130.
- Genesis 331
- Exodus 522
- Leviticus 321
- Numbers 389
- Deuteronomy 295
The shortest skips
וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּלֶֽדֶת־הָגָר אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַבְרָֽם
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 19,084Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשְׁבוּ לֶֽאֱכָל־לֶחֶם וַיִּשְׂאוּ עֵֽינֵיהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ וְהִנֵּה אֹרְחַת יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים בָּאָה מִגִּלְעָד וּגְמַלֵּיהֶם נֹֽשְׂאִים נְכֹאת וּצְרִי וָלֹט הוֹלְכִים לְהוֹרִיד מִצְרָֽיְמָה
And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 55,383Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתָּה אֹתוֹ לִפְנֵי הַפָּרֹכֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל־אֲרֹן הָעֵדֻת לִפְנֵי הַכַּפֹּרֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר אִוָּעֵד לְךָ שָֽׁמָּה
And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the ark-cover that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 123,305Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ תַּעַר לֹא־יַעֲבֹר עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ עַד־מְלֹאת הַיָּמִם אֲשֶׁר־יַזִּיר לַיהוָה קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע שְׂעַר רֹאשֽׁוֹ
All the days of his vow of Naziriteship there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he consecrateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 197,197Open in the laboratory →
וְהוֹרִדוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא אֶת־הָֽעֶגְלָה אֶל־נַחַל אֵיתָן אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֵעָבֵד בּוֹ וְלֹא יִזָּרֵעַ וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁם אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה בַּנָּֽחַל
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which may neither be plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 282,873Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, עשתרה appears 5,635 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 5,524, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 331
- Exodus 522
- Leviticus 321
- Numbers 389
- Deuteronomy 328
- Joshua 248
- Judges 180
- Samuel 316
- Kings 510
- Isaiah 253
- Jeremiah 399
- Ezekiel 358
- The Twelve 219
- Psalms 230
- Proverbs 116
- Job 104
- Song of Songs 17
- Ruth 22
- Lamentations 20
- Ecclesiastes 56
- Esther 64
- Daniel 77
- Ezra–Nehemiah 159
- Chronicles 396
Outside the Torah
וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא תֹּֽמְרוּ הֲלוֹא עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי אָתָּה כֹּה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּי אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִיף אִם־לֹא שַׂר־צָבָא תִּהְיֶה לְפָנַי כָּל־הַיָּמִים תַּחַת יוֹאָֽב
And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 466,769Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם שְׂאוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית וְשִׁבְעָה כֹֽהֲנִים יִשְׂאוּ שִׁבְעָה שֽׁוֹפְרוֹת יוֹבְלִים לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָֽה
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: ‘Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven rams’horns before the ark of the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 311,796Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה בְכָל־הָאָרֶץ נְאֻם־יְהוָה פִּֽי־שְׁנַיִם בָּהּ יִכָּרְתוּ יִגְוָעוּ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית יִוָּתֶר בָּֽהּ
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, Two parts therein shall be cut off and die; But the third shall be left therein.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 853,654Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עשתרה — the Tanakh's own spelling: young of the flock. Searched as עשתרה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 975.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ashterah appear in the Torah codes?
1,858 sequences of עשתרה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,793 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ashterah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 16:16 — the shortest of 1,858 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,793.
What is the gematria of Ashterah in Hebrew?
Ashterah is spelled עשתרה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 975.
How many times is Ashterah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, עשתרה appears 5,635 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 5,524, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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