{"def":{"lit":"a step","short":"Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., Assyria), its region and its empire","long":["(n pr m) the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians","the people of Assyria","(n pr loc) the nation, Assyria","the land, Assyria or Asshur"]},"deriv":"or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from H0833 (in the sense of successful)","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔɑʃˈʃuːr","ipa_mod":"ʔɑˈʃːuʁ","sbl":"ʾaššûr","dic":"ash-SHOOR","dic_mod":"ah-SHOOR"},"see":["H0838"]}