אשכנז

See also: אַשכּנז

Hebrew

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Proper noun

אַשְׁכְּנַז • (ashk'náz) m

1. (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.

2. (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

• אדום
• ישמעאל
• כנען
• ספרד
• צרפת

References

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