Shamgarשמגר

sham-gar' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical personal name — Shamgar (שמגר) — attested in Judg 3:31 (2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Judg 3:31

וְאַחֲרָ֤יו הָיָה֙ שַׁמְגַּ֣ר בֶּן־עֲנָ֔ת וַיַּ֤ךְ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ שֵֽׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֔ישׁ בְּמַלְמַ֖ד הַבָּקָ֑ר וַיּ֥וֹשַׁע גַּם־ה֖וּא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

After him came Shamgar son of Anath,json of Anath Or “the Beth-anathite.” who slew six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too was a champion of Israel.

Facts

Typeperson
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria543
Letters4 consonants
Theophoricno

Readable on these rare conjunctions

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

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
3 Jun 8267 BCECancer1
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
11 Mar 5685 BCEGemini1
26 Mar 4831 BCEGemini1
5 Nov 4018 BCEGemini1
20 Mar 3242 BCETaurus2
21 Jun 1912 BCETaurus2
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2
18 Jul 144 BCEAries1
12 Jan 1994Pisces3
24 Apr 1857Pisces3
4 Feb 1962Pisces1