Lexical Definition

‎אֲשׁוּרִי‎ ʼĂshûwrîy (ash-oo-ree') Asshurim ^N:N--PG
or אַשּׁוּרִי ʼAshshûwrîy (ashshoo-ree'); from a patrial word of the same form as ‎אַשּׁוּר‎

Asshurim, Ashurites.

• § Asshuri = "steps"
• an Ashurite (collectively) or inhabitant of Ashur, a district in Palestine

adj
1) a tribe inhabiting the plain of Esdraelon
n pr m
2) a tribe descended from Abraham and Keturah

Extended Information

group of: אָשֵׁר

• Someone from the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13
• son of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) and Zilpah (זִלְפָּה)
• brother of: Gad (גָּד)
• half-brother of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן), Dinah (דִּינָה), Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין)
• father of: Imnah (יִמְנָה), Ishvah (יִשְׁוָה), Ishvi (יִשְׁוִי), Beriah (בְּרִיעָה) and Serah (שֶׂרַח); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at Ezk.27.6 Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9
• Group of a.sher (‎א‎ָ‎ש‎ֵׁ‎ר‎ "Asher" אָשֵׁר)
• adj
• Asshuri = "steps"

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַשּׁוּרִם‎ proper name, of a people, plural an Arab tribe traced back to Abraham & Keturah Gen 25:3 compare Di.

‎אֲשׁוּרִי‎ adjective, of a people ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ as collective noun 2Sam 2:9, but read perhaps ‎הַגְּשׁוּרִי‎ q. v., compare also We Dr; Köh Klo and others read ‎הָאָֽשֵׁרִי‎ & compare Judg 1:32. ‎אַשְׁחוּר‎ see ‎שׁחר‎.

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