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title: אָשַׁר — go straight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָשַׁר (833), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: go straight. BDB 1906: vb. go straight, go on, advance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָשַׁר

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«אָשַׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **go straight** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 833 · **BDB:** אָשַׁר

### Glosses

advance (2); \[those (1); guide (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

go straight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/833/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. go straight, go on, advance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/833/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. go straight, go on, advance (Assyrian ašâru ZimBP 11; Arabic Aramaic in deriv.)— Imv. אִשְׁרוּ Pr 9:6 אִשְׁרוּ בְדֶרֶךְ בִּינָה go straight on in the way of understanding. Pf. אִשְּׁרוּ Mal 3:12 Gn 30:13; Impf. תְּאַשֵּׁר Pr 4:14 + 4 times; Imv. אַשֵּׁר Pr 23:19; Pt. pl. מְאַשְּׁרִים Mal 3:15 + 2 times;— intensive go straight on, advance Pr 4:14. causative lead on Pr 23:19 Is 3:12; 9:15. set right, righten Is 1:17. pronounce happy, call blessed Gn 30:13 (J) Jb 29:11 ψ 72:17 Pr 31:28 Ct 6:9 Mal 3:12, 15. Impf. Kt יְאֻשַּׁר Qr וְאֻשַּׁר ψ 41:3; Pt. מְאֻשָּׁר Pr 3:18 Is 9:15. be led on Is 9:15. be made happy, blessed ψ 41:3 Pr 3:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָשַׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/833/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.6/)

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עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽחְי֑וּ וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* abandon foolish.things and live and advance in.\[the\] way of.understanding

*JPS 1917:* Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.

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[Isaiah 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.17/)

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לִמְד֥וּ הֵיטֵ֛ב דִּרְשׁ֥וּ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט אַשְּׁר֣וּ חָמ֑וֹץ שִׁפְט֣וּ יָת֔וֹם רִ֖יבוּ אַלְמָנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* learn to.do.good seek justice set.right \[the\].oppressor vindicate \[the\].fatherless conduct.a.case.for \[the\].widow

*JPS 1917:* Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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