Esterאסתר

es-tare' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Ester (אסתר) — attested in Gen 4:14 (44 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 4:14

הֵן֩ גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּ אֹתִ֜י הַיּ֗וֹם מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶסָּתֵ֑ר וְהָיִ֜יתִי נָ֤ע וָנָד֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה כׇל־מֹצְאִ֖י יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי׃

Since You have banished me this day from the soil, and I must avoid Your presence and become a restless wanderer on earth—anyone who meets me may kill me!”

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria661
Letters4 consonants
Theophoricno

Wikipedia — Ester

Ester
Compound derived from an acid

In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an acid in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group of that acid is replaced by an organyl group. These compounds contain a distinctive functional group. Analogues derived from oxygen replaced by other chalcogens belong to the ester category as well. According to some authors, organyl derivatives of acidic hydrogen of other acids are esters as well, but not according to the IUPAC.

Stellar letters

The 4-consonant name needs its 1 distinct simple-letter to be occupied in the sky. The 7 classical bodies open a sign → its Hebrew simple letter; this name reads only when the planets sit in exactly these signs.

ס
Sagittarius · Samekh

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Ester appears in the stellar reading on 2 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2