Hebrew word · H823

אַשְׁנָה

ve'ashnah

Ashnah

A proper name for a town. Its meaning and location are unknown.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Ashnah = "I will cause change"

a town in Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Joshua 15:33

Range of meaning

A proper name for a town. Its meaning and location are unknown.

Against the English

All English versions have "Ashnah."

Used elsewhere in the period

The only other occurrence is Josh 15:43, which is a separate Ashnah in the third Shephelah district (with Nezib and Keilah). Proposed locations for this northern Ashnah (e.g., near Aslin/Tell el-Asala) are tentative.

Where it appears

Joshua · 2

  1. Joshua 15:33 וְאַשְׁנָֽה׃ and Ashnah

    These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

    Here: "And Ashnah": a town in the same district whose location is unknown. It is a different place from the Ashnah of verse 43, which belongs to another Shephelah district.

  2. Joshua 15:43 וְאַשְׁנָ֖ה and Ashnah

    Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

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