Original Language Studio
Genesis 49:20
“Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָשֵׁרʼÂshêr · aw-share'
H836 · Hebrew
H836 · Hebrew
- Definition
- happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine
- Derivation
- from H833 (אָשַׁר),
- KJV renderings
- Asher
- Grammar
- מֵ — preposition
- אָשֵׁ֖ר — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 43 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:13Genesis 35:26Genesis 46:17Exodus 1:4Numbers 1:13
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 אָשֵׁר 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.