Aramean
121Zobah — or Aram Zobah (Hebrew ארם צובא or ארם צובה) was the capital of an early Aramean state in southern Syria, at one time of considerable importance. In I Samuel xiv. 47, its king is supposed to have fought with Saul, but this has hitherto been… …
122Bethuel — (בתואל ndash; Hebrew for “house of God”), in the Hebrew Bible, was an Aramean man, [ [http://www.mechon mamre.org/p/pt/pt0128.htm#5 Gen. 28:5] ] the youngest son of Nahor and Milcah, [ [http://www.mechon mamre.org/p/pt/pt0122.htm#21 Gen. 22:21… …
123Elohim (gods) — In the Levantine pantheon, the Elohim are the sons of El the ancient of days (olam) assembled on the divine holy place, Mount Zephon (Jebel Aqra). This mountain, which lies in Syria, was regarded as a portal to its heavenly counterpart. The… …
124ASFA — may refer to:*Alabama School of Fine Arts *American Samoa Football Association *Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists *Association of Special Fares Agents *The Adoption and Safe Families Act *ASFA Yennega *American Sighthound Field… …
125List of Syriac people — The following is a list of prominent Syriacs and people of Syriac descent. Writers* Lucian a Rhetorician, satirist who wrote about fictional things like war between planets and about travels to the moon. Lucian could be regarded as the first… …
126Assyrian diaspora — Since World War I, the Assyrian diaspora has steadily increased so that there are now more Assyrians living in western and eastern Europe, North America and Australia, than in the Middle East. When the Turks massacres ended in 1923, about 20,000… …
127Assyrians and Syriacs in Syria — A large part of the Assyrian and Syriac population in Syria settled there at the beginning of the French Mandate of Syria as refugees from the now Turkish areas North of present day Syria, then as refugees from the newly independent Iraq in 1933… …
128Syriac genocide — (Syriac: Seyfo,ܣܝܦܐ) is the name on the genocide commited against the Syriac population during the First World War by the Ottomans in southeastern Turkey. 500,000 Syriacs were killed during the genocide, which was commited in the shadows of the… …
