Lexical Definition

‎עַשְׁתְּרָה‎ ʻashtᵉrâh (ash-ter-aw') young ^H:N-F
probably from ‎עָשַׁר‎

flock.

• increase

1) ewe, flock, increase, young

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎עַשְׁתָּרוֺת‎] noun plural feminine only construct in phrase ‎עַשְׁתְּר(וֺ)ת צאֶֹ נ֑ךָ‎ Deut 7:13; Deut 28:4; Deut 28:18; Deut 28:51 (all || ‎שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ‎) usually interpreted either as
a. = ewes (Thes) or as
b. = young (compare veneres gregis; in either case with reference to ±Aštart as goddess of fecundity; RS^{Semitic i. 292, 457 f., 2nd ed. 310, 476 f.}, adopting b, thinks one type of ±Ašt in Canaan had form of sheep, so Dr^{Deut 7:13}); compare also as name of land fertilized by dew and rain We^{Skizzen iii. 170}.

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