I
.
עַשְׁתָּרֹות
S
6251, 6252
TWOT
1718a, 1718b
GK
6957, 6958
v.
foregoing.
II . [ עַשְׁתָּרֹות S 6251, 6252 TWOT 1718a, 1718b GK 6957, 6958 ] n.pl.f. only cstr. in phr. עַשְׁתְּר(וֹ)ת צֹאנֶךָ Dt 7:1 3; 28:4 , 18 , 51 (all || שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ ) usually interpr. either as a. = ewes ( Thes ) or as b. = young ( cf. veneres gregis; in either case with ref. to ˓Aštart as goddess of fecundity; RS Sem i. 292, 457 f., 2nd ed. 310, 476 f. , adopting b , thinks one type of ˓Ašt . in Canaan had form of
sheep, so
Dr
Dt 7:1
3);
cf.
also
عَثَّرِى
(
˓aṯṯarī
) as name of land fertilized by dew and rain
We
Skizzen iii. 170
.
III . עַשְׁתָּרֹות S 6251, 6252 TWOT 1718a, 1718b GK 6957, 6958 n.pr.loc. Ασταρωθ , etc., E. of Jordan ( name from worship of diff. forms of ˓Aštart ; in Egypt. ˓astiratu , as E. Jordan loc. WMM As. u. Eur. 162, 313 ; cf. TelAm. n.pr.loc. Aštarti ) ;in Bashan (near Edrei) Dt 1:4 ( -רֹת ), Jos 12:4 ; 13:12 , 31 (all + אֶדְרֶעִי ), 9:10 1 Ch 6:56 = בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה (i.e. בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרָה ) Jos 21:27 ; also קַרְנַיִם עַשְׁתְּרֹת Gn 14:5 ( Ö Ασταρωθ Καρναιν , cf. GFM JBL xvi (1897), 155 f. who expl. name as ˓Ashtereth of the two-peaked mt. ); cf. further, קַרְנַיִם Am 6:13 ;site prob. either Tel ‛Aštara , 21 miles E. of Sea of Galilee, or Muzeirib , 8
miles further S.; poss. both occur in OT ; cf. especially Dr Ashtaroth in Hast DB Di Gn 14:5 Buhl Geogr. 248 ff. GASm Ency. Bib. 335 f.
עַשְׁתְּרָתִי adj. gent. of foreg. הָע׳ 1 Ch 11:4 4. [עָתֹד S 6257 TWOT 1719 GK 6963 ] vb. be ready (NH adj. עָתִיד future (as prepared); Arabic عَتُدَ ( ˓atuda ) be ready, prepared (also great, bulky ); Syriac ܥܬܰܕ
We J. Wellhousen, Skizzen und Vorarbeiten . loc. local, locality.
OT
Old Testament.
Di
A. Dillmann.
Buhl
circa., geschichte der Edomiter
.
GASm
George Adam Smith.
gent.
gentis
, of a people,
gentilicium
.
עֵת S 6256 TWOT 1650b GK 6961 v. I. ענה .