אֲשׁוּרִיʼĂshûwrîy
אַשּׁוּרִם: proper name, plural [of a people]: an Arab tribe traced back to Abraham & Keturah (Genesis 25:3)
Pronunciation: ash-oo-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H805
Meanings
אֲשׁוּרִי: as collective noun (2 Samuel 2:9; Judges 1:32)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
- 2 Samuel 2:9 There he proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, the land of the Ashurites, and all the rest of Israel.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).