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1 Kings 10:8
“Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֶשֶׁרʼesher · eh'-sher
H835 · Hebrew
H835 · Hebrew
- Definition
- happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- Derivation
- from H833 (אָשַׁר);
- KJV renderings
- blessed, happy.
- Grammar
- אַשְׁרֵ֣י — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 45 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 33:292 Chronicles 9:72 Chronicles 9:7Job 5:17Psalms 1:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֶשֶׁר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.