{"def":{"lit":"star","short":"Ashtoreth, the Phoenician goddess of love (and increase)","long":["the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility",["also 'Ishtar' of Assyria and 'Astarte' by the Greeks and Romans"]]},"deriv":"probably for H6251","pronun":{"ipa":"ʕɑʃ.t̪oˈrɛt̪","ipa_mod":"ʕɑʃ.to̞wˈʁɛt","sbl":"ʿaštōret","dic":"ash-toh-RET","dic_mod":"ash-toh-RET"}}