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Asherah

Asherah (/ˈæʃərə/; Hebrew: אֲשֵׁרָה, romanized: ʾĂšērā; Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚, romanized: ʾAṯiratu; Akkadian: 𒀀𒅆𒋥, romanized: Aširat; Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩻𐩧𐩩 ʾṯrt) was a goddess in ancient Semitic religions. She also appears in Hittite writings as Ašerdu(š) or Ašertu(š) (Hittite: 𒀀𒊺𒅕𒌈, romanized: a-še-er-tu4), and as Athirat in Ugarit as the consort of ʾEl.

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Consort
El (Ugaritic religion) · Amurru (Amorite religion) · Elkunirsa (Hittite religion) · Yahweh? (Israelite religion) · Wadd? (Minaean religion)
Major cult center
Levant
Offspring
70 sons (Ugaritic religion) · 77 or 88 sons (Hittite religion)
Other names
Athirat
Symbol
Tree

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Nodes190
Edges189
Triples440
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010526
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related to Bibliography · 250
Asherah → Access, Ahituv, Ahlström, Aicha, Ajrud Inscriptions, Allen, Alphabet, Alter Orient, Altes Testament, Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, American Oriental Society, Amsterdam University PressOlyan, Ancient Israel, Ancient Palestine, April, Archaeology And Folk Religion, Archived, Arne, Aspects, Asphodel
related to Ugarit · 44
Asherah → A-class, Akkadian, Allāt, Another, Apparently, Asherah's, Athirat, Athirat's, Baal Cycle, Baʾal, BCE, Binger, Chaoskampf, Gibson, Great Lady-who-tramples-Yam, Hebrew, However, In, In Ugaritic, Lady
related to Interpretation · 25
Asherah → Aleppo, Anatolia, BCE, Ebla, Eve, Genesis, Hadad, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, However, Hurrian, In, Luwians, Northwest Semitic, Olyan, Phoenician, Punic Tabella Defixionis, Some, Tanit, Tarḫunz
related to Asherah · 22
Asherah → An Altar, An Historical PerspectiveAsherah, Anat, Archive, AsherahRabbi Jill Hammer, Asphodel, Birmingham, Deryn Guest, Earth, Goddesses, Jews, Judaism, Life, Long, Major Canaanite Deities, MenorahJewish Encyclopedia, Qadash Kinahnu Deity Temple, Reflections, Room One, The Goddess
related to Kuntillet ʿAjrud inscriptions · 15
Asherah → ANE, Blessings, Commentary, Exilic, Israel, Jacques Berlinerblau, Kuntillet, Kuntillet Ajrud, Official, Pennsylvania, Second Temple Parallel, This, Tigay, University, Yahweh's Asherah
related to Akkad · 14
Asherah → Akkadian, Amorite, Amorite-Akkadian, Anu, Aširatu, BCE, Belet-ili, Hammurabi, In, In Akkadian, Ishtar, Mesopotamian, Ninhursag, Sumerian
related to Grammar · 13
Asherah → Archaic, Asherat, Asherim, Biblical Hebrew, Buxus, Cedrus, Chronicles, Ezekiel, Hebrew Bible, Judges, Lebanon, Northwest Semitic, Terminally
related to In Egyptian sources · 12
Asherah → Attempts, Beginning, Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty, His, Qetesh, Qudshu, René Dussard, Semitic, Subsequent, That, Wiggins
related to Etymology · 9
Asherah → Arabic, Baal Cycle, But, Northwest Semitic, Some, The, There, Ugarit, Ugaritic
related to Iconography · 8
Asherah → An, Cultic, Eilat, Hebrew Bible, Neolithic, Olyan, Some, The

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goddess hebrew isbn ugaritic yahweh name bible tree ancient inscriptions also sacred may religion athirat israel semitic lady trees worship

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AsherahConsortEl (Ugaritic religion)1.00infobox
AsherahConsortAmurru (Amorite religion)1.00infobox
AsherahConsortElkunirsa (Hittite religion)1.00infobox
AsherahConsortYahweh? (Israelite religion)1.00infobox
AsherahConsortWadd? (Minaean religion)1.00infobox
AsherahConsort'Amm? (Qatabanian religion)1.00infobox
AsherahMajor cult centerLevant1.00infobox
AsherahOffspring70 sons (Ugaritic religion)1.00infobox
AsherahOffspring77 or 88 sons (Hittite religion)1.00infobox
AsherahOther namesAthirat1.00infobox
AsherahSymbolTree1.00infobox
Asherahrelated to AkkadIn Akkadian0.60section

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