Ashdodאשדוד
In the Bible
A biblical toponym — Ashdod — first attested in Josh 15:46 (11 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).
מֵעֶקְר֖וֹן וָיָ֑מָּה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־עַל־יַ֥ד אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ <span class="mam-spi-samekh">{ס}</span>
From Ekron westward, all the towns in the vicinity of Ashdod, with their villages—
Facts
| Type | place (toponym) |
| Biblical period | Patriarchs/Conquest |
| Gematria | 315 |
| Letters | 5 consonants |
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Ashdod (אשדוד) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| א | 1 | 1 |
| ש | 300 | 3 |
| ד | 4 | 4 |
| ו | 6 | 6 |
| ד | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 315 | 9 |
Stellar letters
The 5-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.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Ashdod appears in the stellar reading on 1 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 1857 | Pisces | 3 |