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ʾāšēr אָשֵׁר ‘Asher’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾāšar אָשַׁר ‘to bless’ , happy
Roots: אשׁר אשׁר

ʾāšēr pr n m pers + pr n m pers gen + pr n loc
Asher = "happy"
1) son of Jacob and Zilpah
2) the tribe descended from Asher
3) a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

Mentioned in Genesis 46:17, 35:26, 30:13, 49:20 Exodus 1:4 Numbers 1:40, 1:41, 34:27, 26:47, 1:13, 2:27, 7:72, 10:26, 13:13, 26:44, 26:46 Deuteronomy 33:24, 27:13 Joshua 19:34, 17:7, 19:31, 17:10, 17:11, 19:24, 21:6, 21:30 Judges 1:31, 6:35, 7:23, 5:17 1 Kings 4:16 Ezekiel 48:2, 48:3, 48:34 1 Chronicles 7:40, 7:30, 12:37, 2:2, 6:47, 6:59 2 Chronicles 30:11

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