אָשַׁר

Biblical Hebrew

go straight — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

go straight tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָשַׁר: vb. go straight, go on, advance tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they (3); [are] calling blessed (1); [is] called blessed (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 31:28 · tree →

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:

Job 29:11 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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