English	Hebrew
ASH = the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.	ASH = Fire = אֵשׁ
IE Root To burn, glow. Oldest form es-, colored to as-. Derivatives include arson and azalea. 1. Extended form asg-. ash, from Old English ćsce,* asce, ash, from Proto Germanic askon-. (cf. Old Norse aska, Old High German asca, German asche, Gothic azgo* "ashes", (cf. Sanskrit asah "ashes, dust," Armenian azazem "I dry up," Greek azein "to dry up, parch"). bef. 950; Middle English a(i)sshe, Old English asce, ćsce; c. Frisian esk, Dutch asch, Old Norse, akin to L ārēre be dry (see arid), Tocharian ās- get dry, Hittite hassi on the hearth. Latin 2. Suffixed form as-a- from Latin ara,* altar, hearth. ara sepulchri, a funeral pile, 3. Suffixed (stative) form as-e-. a. arid, from Latin aridus,* dry, parched, from arare, to be dry; b. ardent, ardor, arson, from Latin ardere, to burn, be on fire, from aridus, parched. In the older languages ara derived from Oscan aasa; Umbrian asa. 4. Extended form asd-. We can see the alternate Latin "s" and "r" forms in aestus* ūs, an agitation, glow, heat, rage of fire: ārĭdus = dry, withered, arid, parched. Greek aza azô drought. azapa, azata, drought. azaleos azô = dry, parched, parching, scorching. azomai (act. azô, Hesiod): dry, grow dry azô to dry up, parch. a. zamia, from Greek azein, to dry; b. azalea, from Greek azaleos, dry. Sanskrit ās = A kitchen, fire-place. ās = Anger;	BDB fire (Assyrian išatu, Syriac ܐܶܫܳܬܳܐ (˒ešoto), እሳት (˒əsāt) ) 1. fire, of conflagration, e.g. in briers, endangering or destroying crops, Ex 22:5 cf. 3:2, more often deliberate destruction by fire, especially golden calf Ex 32:20, other idols Dt 7:5, 25, Asherim 12:3, chariots Jos 11:6, 9, 2 K 23:11, house Ju 12:1; 14:15, tower 9:52, city-gates Ne 1:3; 2:3, 13, 17, city Jos 6:24 Ju 18:27. 2. of supernatural fire, attending theophany Ex 3:2; 19:18, Dt 4:11, 12, 15, 33, 36; of destructive fire from Nu 11:1, 2, 3; of Yahweh’s glory Ex 24:17, Dt 4:24; 9:3. 3. fire for cooking, roasting, parching, etc. Ex 12:8, 9, Lv 2:14 2 Ch 35:13 Is 44:16, 19; of tinder for lighting fire Gn 22:6, 7; of fire for melting (gold for the idolatrous calf) Ex 32:24; for refining Je 6:29. 4. especially of altar-fire Lv 1:7; 6:2, 3, 5, 16; in offering incense Lv 10:1, fire from consuming sacrifice (cf. 2 Lv 9:24 2 Ch 7:1, 3; of fire in child-sacrifice (usually) 2 K 16:3; 21:6. 5. figuratively, of Yahweh’s anger ψ 89:47 cf. Na 1:6 La 2:4. 6. in various combinations, Gn 15:17 a torch of fire; Ex 3:2 flame of fire, spark of his fire Jb 18:5, ψ 21:10 oven of fire, Zc 12:6; light of fire ψ 78:14; flaming fire ψ 104:4; Is 5:24 tongue of fire, Ez 1:13 coals of fire. Akkadian išātu = fire; išātu ummudu to set afire, (bon)fire beacon *išātiš =** on fire, ablaze Comparison with other Semitic languages Proto-Semitic : ^*iš Hebrew: ēš Ugaritic: ỉšt Ge'ez: sāt
Persian (atesh) Fire. (ateshe-parsee) Fever heat, febrile, labial herpes. St. Antony's fire, (ateshzadan) to set on fire, to light. Figurative, to exasperate, to put an end to, to consume, as by burning. Hence, to waste away. Transitive verb, to put fire into, to furnish with fire, to light.	TWOT 172 OT:784,OT:800 va@ (°˘š) fire. 172a OT:801 hV#a! (°iššeh) fire offering. eš appears over 375 times in the Bible. Preponderantly, these references are in the context of either God's revelation of himself to man (theophany) or man's approach to God (worship and sacrifice).
List of References BDB: Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1951. Now available electronically from Logos Bible Software, as Enhanced Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, electronic edition, Logos Research Systems, Oak Harbor, WA, 2000. SEC: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, J. Strong, Abingdon Press, New York, 1890. Now available on line from multiple sources, such as BIBLESOFT, 22014 7th Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98198. OED: Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1971. Now available on line from Online Subscription Department, Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. TWOT: Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke, Moody Press, 1980. Now available on line from multiple sources, such as BIBLESOFT, 22014 7th Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98198. The Word: Isaac Mozeson, SPI Books, New York, 1989 I offer no references for words that come from various other languages, and that can be traced by browsing the World Wide Web.