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אֲשֵׁרָה,
אֲשֵׁירָה 2 Kings 17:16 proper name, feminine Ashera (Assyrian proper name, feminine
Aš-ra-tu, with sign for deity, in Canaanitish proper name
Abad-Ašratum, servant of A. Schr
ZA 1888, 363, compare Wkl & Abel
Thontafelfund see El Amarna ii. No. 77, 1. 9, & Sayce
RP2. ii. 67, iii. 71; on derivatives compare Assyrian
aširat, adjective feminine
gracious, COT
Gloss):
**see now also GFM
EB ASHERAH Dr
Deut 16:21 Allen
DB ASHERAH, all doubtful as to Canaanite goddess Asherah; question left open by Zim
KAT 3. 436 ff. (on Semitic goddess
Aširtu-Ašratu Id.
ib, 432 ff.); but see Jerem
AT im Licht d. Alten Orients 207 (name of goddess
Aširat in letter found at Taanach by Sellin (1902-3) and Id.
ib. 37. 237) (Oppenheim's find at Ras el-`Ain in Mesopotamia, stone shaft with veiled head as top, supposed to identify
post with
goddess; if
2 Kings 23:7 refers to draped Asherim [see on text Benz Bur], this even more plausible), Id.
ib. 23, 208 f. 236. On pictorial representations of
Asherah—
AJSL xix.l (Oct.1902). — usually with the article: probably.
Plural אֲשֵׁרוֺת
a. the goddess
Judges 3:7 (probably error for
עַשְׁתָּרֹת 
).
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