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Ashshurאשור

ash-shoor' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Ashshur — first attested in Gen 2:14 (96 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

Gen 2:14 · first occurrence of 96

וְשֵׁ֨ם הַנָּהָ֤ר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ חִדֶּ֔קֶל ה֥וּא הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ קִדְמַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר וְהַנָּהָ֥ר הָֽרְבִיעִ֖י ה֥וּא פְרָֽת׃

The name of the third river is Tigris, the one that flows east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Ashshur appears 96× in the Hebrew Bible — first occurrences:

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria507
Letters4 consonants

Gematria & sigil

The consonantal gematria of Ashshur (אשור) 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.

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LetterValueAiq Bekar
א11
ש3003
ו66
ר2002
Total5073
Mispar Katan (digit-sum): 3

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.

ו
Taurus · Vav

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Ashshur 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.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
24 Apr 1857Pisces3