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Psalms 65:5

“By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֶשֶׁרʼesher · eh'-sher
H835 · Hebrew
Definition
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
Derivation
from H833 (אָשַׁר);
KJV renderings
blessed, happy.
Grammar
  • אַשְׁרֵ֤י — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HNcmpa
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.

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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.