אשכנז

See also: אַשכּנז

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Proper noun

אַשְׁכְּנַז • (ashk'náz) m

(biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)
- Tanach, Genesis 10:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וּבְנֵי גֹּמֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַז וְרִיפַת וְתֹגַרְמָה׃
  U-vnei Gómer Ashk'náz v-Rifat v-Togarmá.
  And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
(Medieval Hebrew) A region centered on the Rhineland in modern Germany.

Derived terms

אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי (ashk'nazí)
הִשְׁתַּכְּנֵז (hishtaknéz)

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀσχανάζ (Askhanáz)
→ Yiddish: אַשכּנז (áshkenaz)

See also

References

H813 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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