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ATHBASH

A cryptographic system whereby letters equidistant from the middle of the alphabet represent each other. Thus the first letter of the consonantal Hebrew alphabet (aleph) is exchanged for the last (tau), the second letter (beth) for the second to last (shin), and so on. The Hebrew system’s name represents its first two exchanges (aleph-tau, beth-shin = athbash).

In the OT the code has been uncovered three times in Jeremiah. In 25:26; 51:41 Babylon (bbl) is called “Sheshak” (ššk). In 51:1 Chaldea (kśdym) is represented by “Leb-qamai,” a phrase meaning “the midst (lit., ‘heart’) of them that rise up against me” (lb-qmy).

Nicole J. Ruane






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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