Original Language Studio
Psalms 40:5
“Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H835 · Hebrew
- Definition
- happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- Derivation
- from H833 (אָשַׁר);
- KJV renderings
- blessed, happy.
- Grammar
- אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 45 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 33:291 Kings 10:81 Kings 10:82 Chronicles 9:72 Chronicles 9:7
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.