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0842 אֲשֵׁרָה AlefShinReishHey ‘asherah ash-ay-raw’ or אשׁירה AlefShinYodReishHey ‘asheyrah ash-ay-raw’from 0833 blessed or lead or guide; n pr f; [BDB-81a] {See TWOT on 183 @@ "183h"} AV-grove 40; 40
- Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"
- 1) a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images
- 1a) the goddess, goddesses
- 1b) her images
- 1c) sacred trees or poles set up near an altar
- Associated with goddesses that were the symbols of the social welfare systems found in the cities of blood that snare the masses as human resources in corvees of bondage like [[Nimrod]'s Babylon, Sumer, or Egypt.