אשכנז
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See also: אַשכּנז
Hebrew
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Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]- אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי (ashk'nazí)
- הִשְׁתַּכְּנֵז (hishtaknéz)