Ashur 417183 217848124 2008-06-07T23:51:50Z Wizardman 713860 Removed category "Biblical polygamists" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) {{otheruses}} '''Ashur''' ({{lang-he|אַשּׁוּר}}; often also transliterated as <b>Asshur</b> to reflect the pointing of Hebrew letter 'ש' ([[Shin (letter)|Shin]]) in the Masoretic text, which doubles the 'ש'), was the second son of [[Shem]], the son of [[Noah]]. Ashur's brothers were [[Elam]], [[Aram]], [[Arpachshad]] and [[Lud son of Shem|Lud]]. The [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] text of Gen. 10:11 is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it was Ashur himself (eg. as reads the [[King James Version of the Bible|KJV]]), or [[Nimrod (king)|Nimrod]] who built the cities of [[Nineveh]], etc. in [[Assyria]], since the name ''Ashur'' can refer to either the person or the country. {{Sons of Noah}} '''Ashur father of Tekoa''' (not the same person as above) also appears in the genealogies of [[1 Chronicles]] 2:24 as a descendant of [[Judah (Biblical figure)|Judah]]; he is the son of [[Hezron]] and Abaiah, and had two wives, Helah and [[Naarah]], who each bore him a number of children. [[Category:Assyria]] [[Category:Torah people]] [[Category:Hebrew Bible people]] {{Tanakh-stub}} [[fr:Ashshur]] [[he:אשור (דמות מקראית)]] [[ja:アッシュール (聖書)]] [[nl:Assur (bijbel)]] [[no:Assur (person)]] [[pt:Assur (filho de Sem)]]