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Ashur (; often also transliterated as Asshur to reflect the pointing of Hebrew letter '?' (Shin
Shin (letter)

Shin is the twenty-first letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician language, Aramaic language, Hebrew language , and Arabic alphabet ....
) in the Masoretic text, which doubles the '?'), was the second son of Shem
Shem

Shem was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. He is most popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions regard him as the second son....
, the son of Noah
Noah

Noah was, according to the Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs ; and a prophet according to the Qur'an. The biblical story of Noah is contained in the book of Book of Genesis, chapters 5-9, while the Qur'an has a whole sura named after and devoted to his story with other references elsewhere....
. Ashur's brothers were Elam
Elam

Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran.Elam was centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province , as far as Jiroft in Kerman province and Burned City in Zabol, as well as a small part of southern Iraq....
, Aram
Aram

The term Aram may refer to:In the Bible:* Aram, son of Shem , according to the 'Table of Nations' in Genesis 10* Aram-Naharaim , the land in which the city of Haran lay...
, Arpachshad
Arpachshad

Arpachshad or Arphaxad or Arphacsad was one of the five sons of Shem, the son of Noah . His brothers were Elam, Asshur, Lud son of Shem and Aram; he is an ancestor of Abraham....
 and Lud
Lud son of Shem

Lud was a son of Shem and grandson of Noah, according to Genesis 10 . Lud should not be confused with the Ludim, said there to be descended from Mizraim....
.

The Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 text of is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it was Ashur himself (eg. as reads the KJV
King James Version of the Bible

The Authorized King James Version is an English language translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and first published in 1611 by the Church of England....
), or Nimrod
Nimrod (king)

Nimrod is a Mesopotamian monarch mentioned in the Book of Genesis, who also figures in many legends and folktales. He is depicted in the Bible as a mighty ruler and nation builder who founded many cities including the great Babel or Babylon....
 who built the cities of Nineveh
Nineveh

Nineveh , an "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq....
, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah in Assyria
Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
, since the name Ashur can refer to either the person or the country.

On Googles' '?????????' is translated as 'Assyria'.








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Ashur (; often also transliterated as Asshur to reflect the pointing of Hebrew letter '?' (Shin
Shin (letter)

Shin is the twenty-first letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician language, Aramaic language, Hebrew language , and Arabic alphabet ....
) in the Masoretic text, which doubles the '?'), was the second son of Shem
Shem

Shem was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. He is most popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions regard him as the second son....
, the son of Noah
Noah

Noah was, according to the Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs ; and a prophet according to the Qur'an. The biblical story of Noah is contained in the book of Book of Genesis, chapters 5-9, while the Qur'an has a whole sura named after and devoted to his story with other references elsewhere....
. Ashur's brothers were Elam
Elam

Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran.Elam was centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province , as far as Jiroft in Kerman province and Burned City in Zabol, as well as a small part of southern Iraq....
, Aram
Aram

The term Aram may refer to:In the Bible:* Aram, son of Shem , according to the 'Table of Nations' in Genesis 10* Aram-Naharaim , the land in which the city of Haran lay...
, Arpachshad
Arpachshad

Arpachshad or Arphaxad or Arphacsad was one of the five sons of Shem, the son of Noah . His brothers were Elam, Asshur, Lud son of Shem and Aram; he is an ancestor of Abraham....
 and Lud
Lud son of Shem

Lud was a son of Shem and grandson of Noah, according to Genesis 10 . Lud should not be confused with the Ludim, said there to be descended from Mizraim....
.

The Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 text of is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it was Ashur himself (eg. as reads the KJV
King James Version of the Bible

The Authorized King James Version is an English language translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and first published in 1611 by the Church of England....
), or Nimrod
Nimrod (king)

Nimrod is a Mesopotamian monarch mentioned in the Book of Genesis, who also figures in many legends and folktales. He is depicted in the Bible as a mighty ruler and nation builder who founded many cities including the great Babel or Babylon....
 who built the cities of Nineveh
Nineveh

Nineveh , an "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq....
, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah in Assyria
Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
, since the name Ashur can refer to either the person or the country.

On Googles' '?????????' is translated as 'Assyria'.

Ashur father of Tekoa (not the same person as above) also appears in the genealogies of as a descendant of Judah
Judah (Biblical figure)

Judah/Yehuda was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelites of Tribe of Judah; however some Biblical criticism view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation....
; he is the son of Hezron
Hezron

Hezron is a name which occurs three times in the Hebrew Bible.* A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea .* One of the sons of Reuben ....
 and Abaiah, and had two wives, Helah and Naarah
Naarah

Naarah was the second wife of Ashur, the other being Helah. Her name means "a girl" or "a maiden". She was of the tribe of Judah. Naarah gave birth to sons Ahuzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. ...
, who each bore him a number of children.