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title: אַשְׁחוּר — Ashur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשְׁחוּר (806), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ashur. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשְׁחוּר

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«אַשְׁחוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ashur** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 806 · **BDB:** אַשְׁחוּר²

### Glosses

Ashhur (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ashur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/806/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/806/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Judah, called א׳ אֲבִי תְקוֹעַ 1 Ch 2:24; 4:5; Ασχω, Σαρα; A Ασδωδ, Ασχουρ; 𝔊L Ασσωρ, Ασοωρ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשְׁחוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/806/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.5/)

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וּלְאַשְׁחוּר֙ אֲבִ֣י תְק֔וֹעַ הָי֖וּ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֑ים חֶלְאָ֖ה וְנַעֲרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and to Ashhur the.father of.Tekoa they.belonged two wives Helah and Naarah

*JPS 1917:* And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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[1 Chronicles 2:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.24/)

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וְאַחַ֥ר מוֹת־חֶצְר֖וֹן בְּכָלֵ֣ב אֶפְרָ֑תָה כָלֵ֣ב אֶפְרָ֑תָה וְאֵ֤שֶׁת חֶצְרוֹן֙ אֲבִיָּ֔ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶת־אַשְׁח֖וּר אֲבִ֥י תְקֽוֹעַ׃

*Word for word:* and after the.death of.Hezron in Caleb Ephrathah and the.wife of.Hezron \[was\].Abijah and she.bore to him (et) Ashhur the.father of.Tekoa

*JPS 1917:* And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrath, then Abiah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

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