אשור

Aramaic

Noun

אֲשׁוּר • (ˀăšūr)

  1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
  2. Ashur

See also

  • אשוריא

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Apparently related to the pa'al verb אָשַׁר (ashár, “to go straight on, to make progress”) in the sense of being successful, and derived from the root א־ש־ר ('-š-r).

Pronunciation

Noun

אַשּׁוּר • (ashúr) m

  1. boxwood, box tree

Etymology 2

The sense Assyria ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.

Proper noun

אַשּׁוּר • (ashúr, ʾaššûr) m

  1. (biblical) Ashur (a grandson of Noah in Genesis). Also Ashshur, Assur
  2. the Assyrian nation, his descendants
  3. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

אִשּׁוּר • (ishúr) m

  1. defective spelling of אישור

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