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ʾaškᵊnaz אַשְׁכְּנַז ‘Ashkenaz’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

ʾaškᵊnaz pr n m pers + pr n loc
Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered"
1) a descendant of Japheth
2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia

Mentioned in Genesis 10:3 Jeremiah 51:27 1 Chronicles 1:6

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