אסא

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Aramaic

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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אָסָא (ʾāsā)

  1. (biblical) Asa
  2. a male given name

Etymology 2

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Back-formation from אָסֵי (ʾāsē), אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, physician, healer).

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Verb

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אֲסׇא (ʾăsā)

  1. to heal, to cure
  2. to restore, to repair
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Etymology 3

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From Akkadian 𒄑𒊍 (asum, myrtle).

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Noun

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אָסָא (ʾāsā)

  1. myrtle
    Synonym: הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā)
Descendants
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  • Arabic: آس (ʔās)
    • Cypriot Arabic: ximplás
    • Ge'ez: እልኣስ (ʾəlʾas, myrtle)
    • Middle Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (√ حَبّ الْآس (ḥabb al-ʔās))

References

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  • ˀsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 257-274
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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אָסָא (ásam

  1. (biblical) Asa (the third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat)
  2. a male given name, Asa or Assa
  3. a surname

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