Senses
1. Asher, Israelite tribe — A proper noun identifying both the eighth son of Jacob (by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid) and the Israelite tribe descended from him. Named in Genesis 30:13 with the etiology 'Happy am I!' (be-oshri), connecting the name to the root ashar ('to be happy'). As a tribal name, Asher designates one of the twelve tribes of Israel, with its territory in the northwestern coastal region of Canaan. Appears extensively in tribal lists, census records, territorial allotments, and historical narratives: Genesis 35:26; 46:17; 49:20; Exodus 1:4; Numbers 1:13, 40-41; 2:27; 7:72; 10:26; 13:13; 26:44-47; 34:27; Deuteronomy 27:13; 33:24; Joshua 17:7, 10-11; 19:24, 31, 34; 21:6, 30; Judges 1:31-32; 5:17; 6:35; 7:23; 1 Kings 4:16; 1 Chronicles 2:2; 6:59, 62, 74; 7:30, 40; 12:36; 2 Chronicles 30:11; Ezekiel 48:2-3, 34. Prepositional variants (from Asher, in Asher, to/for Asher) and conjunctive forms are syntactic rather than semantic distinctions, all referring to the same tribal entity or its eponymous ancestor. 43×
AR["أَشيرُ","أَشَيرَ","أَشِيرَ","أَشِيرُ"]·ben["আশের","আশেরের"]·DE["Ascher","Aschers","Asser"]·EN["Asher"]·FR["Aser"]·heb["אשר"]·HI["आशेर","आशेर-का","आशेर-की","आशेर-के","आशेर-ने"]·ID["Asyer"]·IT["Ascer","Aser"]·jav["Asyer","Asyèr","Asyér","Asèr"]·KO["아셀","아셀의","아셀이","아셋","아셰르의","아셰의","아셸이라"]·PT["'Asher","Aser","Asher"]·RU["Асир","Асира","Ашер","Ашера"]·ES["Aser","Asher"]·SW["Ashera","Asheri","la-Asheri"]·TR["Aşer","Aşer'in"]·urd["آشر","آشر-کا","آشر-کی","آشر-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אָשֵׁר n.pr.m. Asher (happy one, Felix, cf. Ph. אשרשלח, which however may contain (god) Asshur or Osiris, cf. BaeRel 161). 1. son of Jacob and Zilpah Gn 30:13; 35:26; 46:17 Ex 1:4 Nu 26:46 1 Ch 2:2. 2. the tribe Gn 49:20 Nu 1:13 Dt 27:13; 33:24(×2) Jos 17:10, 11; 19:34 Ju 1:31; 5:17; 6:35; 7:23 1 K 4:16 1 Ch 12:36 2 Ch 30:11 Ez 48:2, 3, 34; בְּנֵי אָשֵׁר Nu 1:40; 2:27; 7:72; 10:26; 26:44, 47;…