Ashkenazi

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Ashkenazi

Ashkenazi

A term for a Jew of European descent (according to the traditional interpretation of the word Ashkenaz as referring to a region in Europe in the area of Germany).

("And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah" – Genesis 10:3. Also: "Lift up a standard in the land... Proclaim concerning her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz" – Jeremiah 51:27. Also: "And it is said in tradition that the sons of the land of Allemagne were Canaanites, for when the Canaanite departed before Joshua, as we wrote in the Book of Joshua, they went to the land of Allemagne and Ashkelon, which is called the land of Ashkenaz, and even today they are called Canaanites" – Radak, Obadiah 1:20. Also: "My father began to reduce his business dealings. Also to the land of Ashkenaz, to which he traveled every year to speak with his allies" – S.Y. Agnon, In the Prime of Her Life)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּנּוּי לִיהוּדִי מִמּוֹצָא אֵירוֹפִּי (ע"פ הַפַּרְשָׁנוּת הַמָּסוֹרָתִית לַמִּלָּה "אַשְׁכְּנַז" כְּמִתְיַחֶסֶת לְחֶבֶל אֶרֶץ בְּאֵירוֹפָּה בְּאֵזוֹר גֶּרְמַנְיָה).

("וּבְנֵי גֹּמֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַז וְרִיפַת וְתֹגַרְמָה"- בְּרֵאשִׁית יג, וְכֵן:"שְׂאוּ נֵס בָּאָרֶץ ...הַשְׁמִיעוּ עָלֶיהָ מַמְלְכוֹת אֲרָרַט מִנִּי וְאַשְׁכְּנָז"- יִרְמְיָהוּ נָא כז, וְכֵן: "וְאוֹמְרִים בַּקַּבָּלָה כִּי בְּנֵי אֶרֶץ אלמניי"א הָיוּ כְּנַעֲנִיִּים כִּי כְּשֶׁפָּנָה כְּנַעֲנִי מִפְּנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַבְנוּ בְּסֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הָלְכוּ לָהֶם לְאֶרֶץ אלמניי"א ואשקלוני"א שֶׁקּוֹרִין אֶרֶץ אַשְׁכְּנַז וְעוֹד הַיּוֹם קוֹרְאִים אוֹתָם כְּנַעֲנִיִּים"-רָדָ"ק עוֹבַדְיָה א כ, וְכֵן: "אָבִי הִתְחִיל מְמַעֵט בַּמַּשָּׂא וּמַתָּן. גַּם לְאֶרֶץ אַשְׁכְּנַז אֲשֶׁר הָיָה נוֹסֵעַ שָׁמָּה מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָה לָבוֹא בִּדְבָרִים עִם בַּעֲלֵי בְּרִיתוֹ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בִּדְמִי יָמֶיהָ)

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