H0805a H0805a
the Asshurim (Arab tribe descended from Abraham and Keturah)
This tribal name designates descendants of Dedan, who himself descended from Abraham through Keturah. The genealogy in Genesis traces Arabian tribes back to the patriarch's later marriages, establishing kinship relationships across the broader Semitic world. These Asshurim should not be confused with the mighty Assyrian empire to the north.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Plural gentilics denoting an Arabian tribal group traced to Abraham's line through Keturah in Genesis 25:3. The name links this people to Dedan's descendants, situating them in the Arabian Peninsula's tribal network. Translators preserve the proper name while distinguishing this group from the unrelated Assyrians through careful context. 1×
AR["أَشُّورِيمَ"]·ben["অশূরীম"]·DE["die-Aschuriter"]·EN["the-Asshurim"]·FR["le-Asshurim"]·heb["אשורם"]·HI["अश्शूरी"]·ID["orang-Assyur"]·IT["il-Asshurim"]·jav["tiyang-Asur"]·KO["아슈르와"]·PT["'Asshurim"]·RU["Ашурим"]·ES["ashurim"]·SW["Waashuri"]·TR["ve-Leumlular"]·urd["اشوریم"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַשּׁוּרִם n.pr.gent.pl. an Arab tribe traced back to Abraham & Keturah Gn 25:3 cf. Di.