Thread:Christian Sirolli/@comment-1777104-20160131020023/@comment-1777104-20160201033140

Hmm.. Maybe they got the idea of "black" from "ASH".. no telling really. Always check the sources in such books. Often no attempt is made to assign a meaning to a name. Other times, the Bible itself gives clues. Jacob's son Asher comes from the same root, but is associated with the translation "happy" (as in "blessed") based on what Leah said when she had a baby after being barren for awhile (Gen. 30:13). Shem might have been thinking that when he named Asshur, but I like to think it had more to do with expanding the human race ("progress.")