same view as to
2 K 18:23
,
31
);
מַלְכֵי א׳
2 K 19:1
1,
17
=
Is 37:1
1,
18 2 Ch 28:16
;
30:6 Ne 9:3
2.
• אַשּׁוּרִם n.pr. gent. pl. an Arab tribe traced back to Abraham & Keturah Gn 25:3 cf. D i.
• אֲשׁוּרִי S 805 GK 856 adj. gent. הָא׳ as n.coll. 2 S 2: 9, but read perhaps הַגְּשׁוּרִי q.v ., cf. also We D r; Köh Klo al. read הָאָֽשֵׁרִי & comp. Ju 1:32 .
אַשְׁחוּר
S
806
GK
858
v.
שׁחר
.
• אֲשִׁימָא S 807 GK 860 n.pr. [ m. ] a god of Hamath 2 K 17:30 , otherwise wholly unknown.
•
[
אֶ˜שֶׁךְ
S
810
TWOT
177
GK
863
]
n.
[
m.
]
testicle
(
Syriac ܐܶܫܟܳܐ
(˒eško), Ethiopic
˜˜˜˜
(
˒əskit
) etym. unknown
)
only
מְרֹוחַ אָשֶׁךְ
Lv 21:2
0.
• אֶשְׁכֹּול S 811, 812 TWOT 178 GK 864, 865 ( אֶשְׁכֹּל Ct 1:1 4) n.m. Nu 13:23 cluster ( Ethiopic ˜˜˜˜ ( ˒askāl ) Arabic إِثْكَالٌ ( ˒iṯkālun ), Aramaic אִיתְכְּלָא ; etym. dub. ; Thes MV sub √ שׁכל , but no suitable meaning proven; Sta § 258, 300 der. from √ אשׁך c. afformat. ל ) — א׳ abs. Nu 13:24 +; cstr. v 23 +; pl. אַשְׁכֹּלֹות Ct 7: 8; cstr. אַשְׁכְּלֹת Dt 32:3 2, אֶשְׁכְּלֹות Ct 7: 9; sf. אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָ Gn 40:1 0;— 1. cluster of grapes, א׳ עֲנָבִים Nu 13:23 cf. v 24 ; vid. also Gn 40:10 א׳ עֲנָבִים הִבְשׁילוּ its clusters ripened grapes; hence fig. of deeds of enemies of Israel, clusters of gall have they Dt 32:32 ( ||
עִנְּבֵי רֹושׁ ); fig. of Isr. Is 65:8 יִמָּצֵא הַתִּירֹושׁ בָּא׳ ; Mi 7:1 אֵין אֶשְׁכֹּול לֶאֱכֹול fig. of desolation of Israel under Yahweh’s judgment; Ct 7:9 in sim. שָׁדַיִךְ כְּאֶשְׁכְּלֹות הַגֶּפֶן cf. v 8 (where Thes MV think of clusters of dates, v. תָּמָר palm-tree , ib. ) 2. cluster of henna-flowers, א׳ הַכֹּפֶר ( v. כפר ), metaph. of the beloved one Ct 1:14 . ( Cf. Grünwald Israel. Letterbode, Amst., xi, 148 f. )