ʾăšērā אֲשֵׁרָה ‘Asherah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from ʾāšar אָשַׁר ‘to bless’
Roots:
אשׁר אשׁר
ʾăšērā pr n f title
Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"
1) a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images
1a) the goddess, goddesses
1b) her images
1c) sacred trees or poles set up near an altar