אשכנז

אשכנז

See also: אַשכּנז‎

Hebrew

Proper noun

אַשְׁכְּנַז • (ashk'náz) m

1. (biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)
   • 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