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Conj-w | N-proper-ms  |  43× in 1 sense
Asher — Jacob's eighth son by Zilpah; the Israelite tribe settled in the fertile northwest coastal region
Asher means 'happy one' or 'blessed,' connected to the exclamation of Leah at his birth: 'Happy am I! For the daughters will call me blessed' (Gen 30:13). The name appears 43 times across patriarchal narratives, tribal census lists, territorial allotments, and prophetic catalogs. Jacob's blessing characterizes the tribe by agricultural abundance — 'his bread shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies' (Gen 49:20) — fitting its allotment along the fertile Mediterranean coast from Carmel to Sidon (Josh 19:24-31). Moses' blessing echoes this (Deut 33:24-25). The name transliterates consistently: Spanish 'Aser,' French 'Aser,' German 'Ascher.'
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Senses
1. Asher, Israelite tribe — The name Asher ('happy one'), designating Jacob's eighth son by Zilpah (Gen 30:13) and the tribe occupying the fertile northwest coast from Carmel to Sidon (Josh 19:24-31). Jacob's blessing promises 'rich bread' and 'royal delicacies' (Gen 49:20). Also once a place east of Shechem (Josh 17:7). 43×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Discourse Referentials › Relative Pronouns
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"]
Gen 30:13, Gen 35:26, Gen 46:17, Gen 49:20, Exod 1:4, Num 1:13, Num 1:40, Num 1:41, Num 2:27, Num 2:27, Num 7:72, Num 10:26  (+31 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
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;…