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A̱shera

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Ashera [1] [2][3] was a goddess in ancient Semitic religions. She also appears in Hittite writings as Ašerdu(š) or Ašertu(š)[4][5] and as Athirat in Ugarit as the consort of ʾEl.[6] Ashera kuyet abadang agwaza bangbang Northwest Semitic taada, a si du mun bwak mang fertility, motherhood, mang sacred trees.[7] Ashera wa kuyet abandang agwaza asi aghyui awot "atyok ngu wu El" si yet agwaza tazwa.'[8]

Ashera di njen jhyang a ku yei Lat, cat byia tai mang El,[9] a si shyia alyoot tyok a yei "azazarak" (qdš), "nggwoneam" (rbt), ku "atyia akhop ayaa gwaza" (qnyt ỉlm).[8] Ashera aniet labari ku mang jen jhyang si tyan ngu mang memoko alyoot atyo huwat atson aniet, nang a ka hada mang akakkon manang swan ji kwu ani, a si tyan ntam nggu na nang agwaza a tyei ani. Nkyang garagajiya, manang Revadim Asherah nghwughwu, nyia nkyang nngu wuai nman ku a nwuan nghwughwu kakpang, a si cong maang a ngu manang alama ayang mang si mbyin. Kwui ngu hu si ma mun mi tadyong ashera, nkyang ataniyang nang a ka khia mi kwambwat aliat agwaza Hebrew, ku nang nman makaranta ku ya fuwang nyi ko si huni tak ayaa gwaza apyia ngu ku nkyang nkut.[10][6]

Alyiat Ashera ma abyin ka dudun mang Israel mang Judah, Philistia, Egypt, mang Arabia, asi bai mang lilyoot ma didit nbyeang cican. Mang ancient Israel, asi li ngu nang a chu Jang aya Yahweh, nang a aniet inscriptions dam mang Kuntillet Ajrud nbyeang Khirbet el-Qom, duk mang ania aniet bwan lilam ba si kat, aniet agyeang si lak kyeang hu nang an ge cultic objects a lan asi aniet masakhwot.[11][12][6] ba yet kyeang nyung Mang aniet amasakhwot manang Shapshu, Hathor, nbyeang Qetesh, basi dam ghughu ngu mang kwan apyia ngu hu si byean avwuo ka nbyeang ayaalada ba. Asherah asi yet atyu shia ma niet agyii avwuo fertility rites, asi nbyeang anyiuk nang a fak da nba ani mang kungiya si hyaii aniet, duk dai a myeang ba ka mang temple prostitution ba si nyuo kwom da gyeang. de ba didai njen, monotheistic asi shai kwuii ngu hu, asi nwuo lyut wa a tam mang aniet ndwo, references to Asherah ba si yet mang nban bwan lilam nang atyu da a shia twa jyung ani mang akakwon alan nang gu na kin nyia nang atyu neit masakhwot ani.

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  3. "Word list occurrences". DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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