אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה

𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤓𐤄

Asherah

Asherah

A wooden cultic object, typically a sacred pole or tree, associated with ancient Canaanite and Israelite religious practice, often representing or symbolically connected to the goddess Asherah. The term may refer to both the object itself and, by extension, to the deity personified as Asherah. Most frequently, refers to the tree or wooden pole set up near altars or high places as part of local fertility cults. In some contexts, the word may denote the goddess herself as worshipped in the ancient Levant.

H842

2 Kings 17:16 · Word #14

Lexicon H842

Lemmaאֲשֵׁרָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤄
TransliterationAsherah
Strong'sH842
DefinitionA wooden cultic object, typically a sacred pole or tree, associated with ancient Canaanite and Israelite religious practice, often representing or symbolically connected to the goddess Asherah. The term may refer to both the object itself and, by extension, to the deity personified as Asherah. Most frequently, refers to the tree or wooden pole set up near altars or high places as part of local fertility cults. In some contexts, the word may denote the goddess herself as worshipped in the ancient Levant.

Morphology HNp All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

Common Translation

PhraseAsherah

SIBI-P1 Translation H842-06

Asherah-pole

Morphological NotesFeminine singular noun; proper name used for a cultic object and at times for the associated goddess.
Rendering RationaleThe noun אֲשֵׁרָה denotes the wooden cultic object associated with the goddess Asherah. Rendering it "Asherah-pole" preserves its identity as a specific sacred object rather than abstracting it to "grove," while reflecting its established lexical meaning independent of verbal root sense.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

Asherah

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleProper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Asherah-pole
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