אָשַׁרʼâshar
go straight, go on, advance
Pronunciation: aw-shar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H833
Meanings
Qal: go straight on (Proverbs 9:6)
Pi`el
1. go straight on, advance, intensive (Proverbs 4:14)
2. lead on, causative (Proverbs 23:19; Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 9:15)
3. set right, righten (Isaiah 1:17)
4. pronounce happy, call blessed (Genesis 30:13; Job 29:11; Psalms 72:17)
Pu`al
1. be led on (Isaiah 9:15)
2. be made happy, blessed (Psalms 41:3; Proverbs 3:18)
Same root
- אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwr · H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
- אֶשֶׁרʼesher · H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- אָשֵׁרʼÂshêr · H836happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine
- אֹשֶׁרʼôsher · H837happiness
- אָשֻׁרʼâshur · H838a step
- אֲשַׂרְאֵלʼĂsarʼêl · H840Asarel, an Israelite
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâh · H842Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- אֻשַּׁרְנָאʼushsharnâʼ · H846a wall (from its uprightness)
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:13 And Leah named him Asher, for she said, “What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with me.”
- Job 29:11 “All who heard me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.
- Psalms 41:2 The Lord protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies.
- Psalms 72:17 May the king’s name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.
- Proverbs 3:18 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly.
- Proverbs 4:14 Don’t do as the wicked do, and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).