ʼAshshûwr — Asshur or Assyria = “a step”

shûwr — to travel, journey, go

Genesis 2:14 — “The name of the third river is Tigris, the one that flows east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.”

Genesis 10:11 — “From that land Asshur went forth and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,”

Genesis 10:22 — “The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.”

Numbers 24:22 — “Yet shall Kain be consumed, When Asshur takes you captive.”

Numbers 24:24 — “Ships come from the quarter of Kittim; They subject Asshur, subject Eber. They, too, shall perish forever.”