ʾašqᵊlōn אַשְׁקְלוֹן ‘Ashkelon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: probably from šāqal שָׁקַל ‘to weigh’ in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)
Roots: שׁקל

ʾašqᵊlōn pr n loc
Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"
1) a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem