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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אָשַׁר

אָשַׁר

H833

Transliteration: ʼâshar

Pronunciation: aw-shar'

Definition: bless


Original: אשׁר אשׁר

Transliteration: 'âshar 'âshêr

Phonetic: aw-shar'

BDB Definition:

  1. to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress
    1. (Qal) to go straight on, make progress
    2. (Piel)
      1. to go straight on, advance
      2. to lead on (causative)
      3. to set right, righten
      4. to pronounce happy, call blessed
    3. (Pual)
      1. to be advanced, be led on
      2. to be made happy, be blessed

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 183

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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