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title: אֶשֶׁר — happiness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶשֶׁר (lemma:אֶשֶׁר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 44 times: happiness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶשֶׁר

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«אֶשֶׁר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **happiness** — 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:** 44 times · **Key:** lemma:אֶשֶׁר · **BDB:** אֶ֫שֶׁר

### Glosses

how.blessed! (38); how (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

happiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5e9_5b6_5c1_5e8/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶשֶׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5e9_5b6_5c1_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 84:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.13/)

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יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh of.hosts how.blessed! \[is\].anyone \[who\].trusts in you

*JPS 1917:* O LORD of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee.

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[Psalms 32:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.32.1/)

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לְדָוִ֗ד מַ֫שְׂכִּ֥ילאַשְׁרֵ֥י נְֽשׂוּי־פֶּ֗שַׁע כְּס֣וּי חֲטָאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* of David a.poem how.blessed! \[is.one.who.is\].forgiven of.transgression \[is.one.who.is\].covered of.sin

*JPS 1917:* A Psalm of David. Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.

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