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cedar distinguished by the smallness of its cones and the upward direction of its branches, cf. Thes RobGe s)

אֲשֵׁרָה S 842 TWOT 183h GK 895 , אֲשֵׁירָה 2 K 17:16 n.pr.f. Ashera

( Assyrian n.pr.f. Aš-ra-tu , c. sign for deity, in Canaanitish n.pr. Abad-Ašratum , servant of A. Schr ZA 1888, 363 , cf. Wkl & Abel Thontafelfund v. El Amarna ii. No. 77, 1. 9 , & Sayce RP2 . ii. 67, iii. 71 ; on deriv. cf. Assyrian aširat , adj. fem. gracious , COT Gloss) see now also GFM EB ASHERAH Dr Dt 16:21 Allen DB ASHERAH, all doubtful as to Can. goodess Asherah; question left open by Zim KAT3 . 436 ff. (on Sem. goddess Aširtu- Ašratu Id. ib. 432 ff. ); but v. Jerem AT1 im Licht d. Alten Orients 207 (name of goddess Aširat in

letter found at Taanach by Sellin (1902–3) and Id. ib. 37. 237 ) (Oppenheim’s find at Ras el-’Ain in Mesop., stone shaft with veiled head as top, supposed to identify post with goddess; if 2 K 23:7 refers to draped Asherim [ v. on text Benz Bu r], this even more plausible), Id. ib. 23, 208 f., 286 . On pictorial representations of Asherah - symbol v. WHWard AJSL xix. 1 (Oct. 1902) .:—usually with the art.: prob. a. a Canaanitish goddess of fortune & happiness; having prophets 1 K 18:19 , an image 15:13 = 2 Ch 15:16 2 K 21: 7, sacred vessels 2 K 23:4 , houses v 7. b. a symbol of this goddess, a sacred tree or pole set up near an altar 1 K 16:33 2 K 13: 6; 17:16 ; 18:4 ; 21:3 ; 23:6 , 15 ; prohibited Dt 16:21 ; burnt by Gideon Ju 6:25 , 26 , 28 , 30 . Pl.

אֲשֵׁרֹות a. the goddess Ju 3:7 (prob. error for עַשְׁתָּרֹת É ). b. sacred tress or poles 2 Ch 19: 3; 33:3 ; elsewhere אֲשֵׁרִים id. Is 27:9 + 12 times; sf. Mi 5:13 + 5 times;— Ex 34:13 ( J ) Dt 7:5 ; 12:3 Is 17: 8; 27:9 Je 17:2 Mi 5:13 1 K 14:15 , 23 2 K 17:1 0, 23:14 2 Ch 14: 2; 17:6 ; 24:18 ; 31:1 ; 33:19 ; 34:3 , 4 , 7 .—( Cf. also Sta ZAW 1881, 344 f. RS Sem i. 171 f., 175n. We H 235, who think א׳ only the sacred pole.)

אֲשֶׁר S 7945, 834 TWOT 184 GK 8611, 889 part. of relation ( Moab. id.; origin dub.:

Diss. Lugd. p. 171 Mühlau Lb. ii. 79 n. Sta Morg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167

Wkl H. Winckler.

RP Records of Past, 2 nd (1 st) Series.

EB Encyclopaeddia Biblica, edd. Black and Cheyne.

DB Dictionary of the Bible, ed. J. Hastings. Jerem A. Jeremias.

Bur C. F. Burney.

AJSL American Journal of Semitic Languages. Sta B. Stade.
part. particle.

F. Böttcher.


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