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title: אָשַׁר — go straight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָשַׁר (lemma:אָשַׁר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 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:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:אָשַׁר · **BDB:** אָשַׁר

### Glosses

they (3); \[are\].calling.blessed (1); \[is\].called.blessed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

go straight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. go straight, go on, advance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/#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, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.28/)

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קָ֣מוּ בָ֭נֶיהָ וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֑וּהָ בַּ֝עְלָ֗הּ וַֽיְהַֽלְלָהּ׃

*Word for word:* they.rise.up sons her and they called.her.blessed husband her and he praised.her

*JPS 1917:* Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her:

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[Job 29:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.11/)

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כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְעַ֥יִן רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) an.ear it.heard and it called.me.blessed and an.eye it.saw and it bore.witness.to.me

*JPS 1917:* For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;

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