אשכנז
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See also: אַשכּנז
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Proper noun
אַשְׁכְּנַז • (ashk'náz) m
- (biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)
- Tanach, Genesis 10:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וּבְנֵי גֹּמֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַז וְרִיפַת וְתֹגַרְמָה׃
- U-vnei Gómer Ashk'náz v-Rifat v-Togarmá.
- And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
- (biblical) A nation in the vicinity of Ararat and Minni. Compare Akkadian 𒅖𒆪𒍝𒀀𒀀 (Iškuzaya, “Scythians”).
- Tanach, Jeremiah 51:27, with translation of the New International Version:
- שְׂאוּ־נֵס בָּאָרֶץ תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגּוֹיִם קַדְּשׁוּ עָלֶיהָ גּוֹיִם הַשְׁמִיעוּ עָלֶיהָ מַמְלְכוֹת אֲרָרַט מִנִּי וְאַשְׁכְּנָז פִּקְדוּ עָלֶיהָ טִפְסָר הַעֲלוּ־סוּס כְּיֶלֶק סָמָר׃
- “Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts."
- (Medieval Hebrew) A region centered on the Rhineland in modern Germany.
Derived terms
- אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי (ashk'nazí)
- הִשְׁתַּכְּנֵז (hishtaknéz)