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title: אַשּׁוּר — Asshur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשּׁוּר (804), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 151 times: Asshur. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. terr. Asshur, Assyria. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשּׁוּר

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«אַשּׁוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Asshur** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 151 times · **Key:** 804 · **BDB:** אַשּׁוּר

### Glosses

of.Assyria (106); Assyria (34); to (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Asshur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/804/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. terr. Asshur, Assyria [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/804/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent. \& terr. Asshur, Assyria (Assyrian Aššur, land \& cityDlPa 252 COT on Gn 2:14; Pers. Athura Syriac ܐܳܬܘܽܪ on the connection with name of god Ašur, \& with √ אשׁר = ישׁר good, gracious, cf. COTl.c.; v. also JenZA. 1886, 1 f. Schr ib. 209 f. Nöib. 268 f.) Asshur as person, 2nd son of Shem Gn 10:22 (P, in table of nations) 1 Ch 1:17. people of Asshur (often as invading army \& even world-power) Nu 24:22, 24 (poem of Balaam) Ho 12:2; 14:4 Is 10:5; 14:25; 19:23(×2), 24, 25; 23:13; 30:31; 31:8; 52:4 La 5:6; Ez 23:5; 27:23; 32:22 (here fem.) Zc 10:11; ψ 83:9 perhaps read גְּשׁוּר, cf. 2 S 2:9 sub אֲשׁוּרִי; or (if ψ 83 be late) regard אַשּׁוּר (like עֲמָלֵק ib.) as used because of ancient significance; sometimes personified as one Is 10:5 Ez 31:3 (but del. Co q.v.), cf. also Mi 5:4, 5 Zp 2:13; מַחֲנֵה א׳ 2 K 19:25 = Is 37:36; בְּנֵי א׳ Ez 16:28; 23:7, 9, 12, 23. land of Assyria Gn 2:14; 10:11 Ho 5:13; 7:11; 8:9; 9:3; 10:6 Is 11:11, 16; 19:23 Je 2:18, 36 Mi 7:12 Zc 10:10; אַשּׁ֫וּרָה Gn 25:18 Is 19:23 2 K 15:29; 17:6, 23; 18:11; אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר Is 7:18; 27:13 Ho 11:11 Mi 5:5. especially מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר Is 8:4; 10:12; 20:1, 4, 6 (prob. gloss Is 7:17, 20; 8:7) 2 K 15:19 + 41 times 2 K; 14 times Is 36–38; 1 Ch 5:6 (אַשֻּׁר) + 13 times Ch; also Je 50:17, 18 Na 3:18 Ezr 4:2; (only Ezr 6:22 of Persian or any king not strictly Assyrian); note also הַמֶּלֶךְ א׳ Is 36:8, 16 (א׳ perhaps gloss, cf. Di who holds same view as to 2 K 18:23, 31); מַלְכֵי א׳ 2 K 19:11, 17 = Is 37:11, 18 2 Ch 28:16; 30:6 Ne 9:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 78 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשּׁוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/804/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.6/)

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מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* Egypt we.have.given a.hand Assyria to be.satisfied bread

*JPS 1917:* We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;

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[Isaiah 30:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.31/)

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כִּֽי־מִקּ֥וֹל יְהוָ֖ה יֵחַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר בַּשֵּׁ֖בֶט יַכֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) from the.voice of.Yahweh it.will.be.shattered Assyria with the rod he.will.strike

*JPS 1917:* For through the voice of the LORD shall Asshur be dismayed, the rod with which He smote.

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