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asherim

asherim is the plural of asherah.

Meaning of asherah

Noun

asherah (plural asherahs or asherim or asherot)

  1. (historical) A wooden pole or tree set up to represent the goddess Asherah.
    • H. Saggs maintains that during this time, asherahs were 'regarded by the worshippers as part of the cult of Yahweh, not of a separate deity Baal'.2020, Tyson L. Putthoff, Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East, page 127

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Questions about asherim

What is asherim the plural of?
Asherim is the plural of asherah.

Words near asherim in the dictionary

  1. Ashepoo
  2. asher
  3. asherah
  4. asherahs
  5. asheries
  6. asherim
  7. Asherite
  8. Asherites
  9. Asherman's syndrome
  10. Asheron
  11. asherot

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