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title: אַשְׁכְּנַז — Ashkenaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשְׁכְּנַז (813), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ashkenaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשְׁכְּנַז

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«אַשְׁכְּנַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ashkenaz** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 813 · **BDB:** אַשְׁכְּנַז

### Glosses

\[were\].Ashkenaz (2); Ashkenaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ashkenaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/813/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/813/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a descendant of Japhet Gn 10:3 = 1 Ch 1:6; = a northern people Je 51:27 מַמְלְכוֹת אֲרָרָט מִנִּי וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז (perhaps a people of Bithynia, = Ascan(ians) + az ending of Armen. patronymics, v. especially LenOr. ii. 388 f.. also LagGes Abhandl. 254 f. Di Gn 10:3; but v. LagArmen. Stud. 143).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשְׁכְּנַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/813/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.3/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְרִיפַ֖ת וְתֹגַרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Gomer \[were\].Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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[1 Chronicles 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.6/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְדִיפַ֖ת וְתוֹגַרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Gomer \[were\].Ashkenaz and Diphath and Togarmah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

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