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Ashkenaz is Gomer
Gomer

Gomer may refer to:*Gomer, the name of the eldest son of Japheth and of the unfaithful wife of Hosea in the Bible*Gomer, Armenia*Gomer, Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques, France...
's first son, brother of Riphath
Riphath

Riphath - a crusher, Gomer's second son , supposed by Josephus to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians. Pliny calls Riphath Riphaci and mentions a group of mountains named after him, the Riph?an range....
, and Togarmah
Togarmah

Togarmah third son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat .In the northernmost house of Togarmah will follow Gog....
 (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6) and is believed by some to be the ancestor of the Germanic
Germanic peoples

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
, Scandinavian and Slavic peoples
Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
. One reason people believe this is that Ashkenaz's father is Gomer
Gomer (Bible)

Gomer is the eldest son of Japheth , and father of Ashkenaz , Riphath, and Togarmah, according to the "Table of Nations" in the Hebrew Bible. ....
 who is associated with the Frank
Franks

The Franks or Frankish people were a West Germanic ethnic group first identified in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River....
 and Germanic
Germanic peoples

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
 tribes due to his name.

Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews

File:Juden 1881.JPGAshkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish ethnic divisions of the Rhineland in the west of Germany....
, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (Standard Hebrew: sing. ?????????????, pl. ??????????????; pronounced sing.






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Ashkenaz is Gomer
Gomer

Gomer may refer to:*Gomer, the name of the eldest son of Japheth and of the unfaithful wife of Hosea in the Bible*Gomer, Armenia*Gomer, Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques, France...
's first son, brother of Riphath
Riphath

Riphath - a crusher, Gomer's second son , supposed by Josephus to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians. Pliny calls Riphath Riphaci and mentions a group of mountains named after him, the Riph?an range....
, and Togarmah
Togarmah

Togarmah third son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat .In the northernmost house of Togarmah will follow Gog....
 (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6) and is believed by some to be the ancestor of the Germanic
Germanic peoples

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
, Scandinavian and Slavic peoples
Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
. One reason people believe this is that Ashkenaz's father is Gomer
Gomer (Bible)

Gomer is the eldest son of Japheth , and father of Ashkenaz , Riphath, and Togarmah, according to the "Table of Nations" in the Hebrew Bible. ....
 who is associated with the Frank
Franks

The Franks or Frankish people were a West Germanic ethnic group first identified in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River....
 and Germanic
Germanic peoples

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
 tribes due to his name.

Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews

File:Juden 1881.JPGAshkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish ethnic divisions of the Rhineland in the west of Germany....
, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (Standard Hebrew: sing. ?????????????, pl. ??????????????; pronounced sing. , pl. , not with the of Tzar; also ???????? ??????????? Yehudei Ashkenaz, "the Jews of Ashkenaz"), are descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland
Rhineland

The Rhineland is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. After the collapse of the First French Empire in the early 19th century, the German-speaking regions at the middle and lower course of the Rhine were annexed to the kingdom of Prussia....
, "Ashkenaz" being the Medieval Hebrew
Medieval Hebrew

Medieval Hebrew has many features that distinguish it from older forms of Hebrew language . These affect grammar, syntax, sentence structure, and also include a wide variety of new lexical items, which are usually based on older forms....
 name for Germany.

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