Asherah (/ ə ˈ ʃ ɪər ə /; Hebrew: אֲשֵׁרָה ʾăšērā; Ugaritic: ???????????????? ' Aṯirat; Hittite: ???????????????? a-še-ir-tu 4; Akkadian: ???????????? a-ši-RAT; Qatabanian: ???????????????? ʾṮRT), in ancient Semitic religion, is a mother goddess who appears in a number of ancient sources. She appears in Akkadian writings by the name of Ašratu(m), and in Hittite ...

In the Greek Septuagint (circa 200 BCE), the translators used the Ancient Greek expression στέλεχος φοίνικος (stélechos phoínikos, "stem/trunk of a palm tree") when they reached the Hebrew chol in Job 29. Similarly, the Latin Vulgate (circa 400 CE), uses palma (Latin for "palm tree").. A number of English translations use the term "phoenix" in this verse, while the King …