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title: אָשֵׁר — Asher · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָשֵׁר (836), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: Asher. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Asher n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָשֵׁר

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«אָשֵׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Asher** — 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:** 43 times · **Key:** 836 · **BDB:** אָשֵׁר

### Glosses

of.Asher (22); Asher (21)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Asher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/836/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Asher n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/836/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Asher (happy one, Felix, cf. Ph. אשרשלח, which however may contain (god) Asshur or Osiris, cf. BaeRel 161). son of Jacob and Zilpah Gn 30:13; 35:26; 46:17 Ex 1:4 Nu 26:46 1 Ch 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; 34:27 Jos 19:24, 31 1 Ch 7:30, 40; מַטֵּה אָשֵׁר Nu 1:41; 2:27; 13:13 Jos 21:6, 30 1 Ch 6:47, 59. n.pr.loc. city E. of Shechem Jos 17:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 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, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָשֵׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/836/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.13/)

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לְאָשֵׁ֕ר פַּגְעִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־עָכְרָֽן׃

*Word for word:* for Asher Pagiel the.son of.Ocran

*JPS 1917:* Of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran.

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[Numbers 26:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.46/)

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וְשֵׁ֥ם בַּת־אָשֵׁ֖ר שָֽׂרַח׃

*Word for word:* and the.name of.the.daughter of.Asher \[was\].Serah

*JPS 1917:* And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

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