Anammelech ( ''ʿAnammelekh''), according to the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
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and

Mesopotamian Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary o ...

deity worshipped alongside

Adrammelech Adrammelech (; ''Adramélekh'') is an ancient Semitic religion, ancient Semitic god mentioned briefly by name in the Books of Kings, Book of Kings, where he is described as a god of "Sepharvaim". Sepharvaim (a word which is dual (grammatical nu ...

. He is a

lunar deity A lunar deity or moon deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending upon the culture, but they are often related. Lunar deities and Moon worship can be foun ...

and is said to have been worshipped at

Sepharvaim Sepharvaim () was a city mentioned in the Bible as being captured by the Assyrians. It was taken by a king of Assyria, probably Sargon II, cited in the Hebrew Bible in 2 Kings 17:24, 31; 18:34; 19:13; and Isaiah 37:13). It was a double city, and r ...

, an

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...

n town. Although some scholars have related him to the Mesopotamian god Anu based on the belief that his name means " Anu is king", more recent scholarship understands the initial element of the name represents the masculine counterpart of the goddess

Anat Anat (, ), Anatu, classically Anath (; ''ʿnt''; ''ʿĂnāṯ''; ; ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:ꜥntjt, ꜥntjt'') was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts. Most researchers assume tha ...

, as attested in

Amorite The Amorites () were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant. Initially appearing in Sumerian records c. 2500 BC, they expanded and ruled most of the Levant, Mesopotamia and parts of Egypt from the 21st century BC ...

personal names.

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