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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אַשְׁכְּנַז
אַשְׁכְּנַז
H813
Transliteration: ʼAshkᵉnaz
Pronunciation: ash-ken-az'
Definition: Ashkenaz
Original: אשׁכּנז Transliteration: 'ashkenaz Phonetic: ash-ken-az'
BDB Definition:
Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered"- a descendant of Japheth
- a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia