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אֶשֶׁר

Biblical Hebrew

happiness — used 44 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

happiness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: how blessed! (38); how (6).

In the verses

Psalms 84:13 · tree →

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.

Psalms 32:1 · tree →

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.

On Mova

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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