Lexical Definition

‎אֶשֶׁר‎ ʼesher (eh'-sher) blessed ^H:N-M
from ‎אָשַׁר‎

blessed, happy.

• happiness
• only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

1) happiness, blessedness
1a) often used as interjection
1b) blessed are

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אֶ֫שֶׁר‎, or ‎אָשָׁר‎, compare Lag^{BN 143}] noun [masculine] only Plural construct ‎אַשְׁרֵי‎ happiness, blessedness of 1Kgs 10:8 + 32 t. and with suffix, see below; abstract intensive exclamation O happiness, blessedness of, ‎אַשְׁרֵי אֲנָשֶׁיךָ אַשְׁרֵי‎ ‎עֲבָדֶיךָ אֵלֶּה‎ happy thy men, happy these thy servants; 1Kgs 10:8 (= 2Chr 9:7); ‎אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֺשׁ יוֺכִיחֶנּוּ‎ ‎אֱלוֺהַּ‎ blessed the man whom Eloah correcteth Job 5:17 ‎אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי דֶרֶךְ‎ blessed the perfect in way Ps 119:1 ‎אַשְׁרֵי בָנָיו אַחֲרָיו‎ blessed his children after him Prov 20:7 elsewhere construct with ‎אָדָם‎ Ps 32:2; Ps 84:6*; Ps 84:13*; Prov 3:13; Prov 8:34; Prov 28:14 with ‎הַגֶּבֶר‎ Ps 34:9*; Ps 40:5*; Ps 94:12; Ps 127:5 ‎(הָ)אִישׁ‎ Ps 1:1; Ps 112:1 ‎אֱנוֺשׁ‎ Isa 56:2 ‎הַגּוֺי‎ Ps 33:12 ‎הָעָם‎ Ps 89:16*; Ps 144:15 (twice in verse); before participle Ps 2:12; Ps 32:1; Ps 41:2*; Ps 84:5*; Ps 106:3; Ps 119:2; Ps 128:1; Isa 30:18; Dan 12:12 before verbal clauses without relative Ps 65:5*; Prov 8:32 with ‎שֶֿׁ‎ Ps 137:8; Ps 137:9; Ps 146:5 with suffix ‎אַשְׁרֶיךָ‎ (for ‎אֲשָׁרֶיךָ‎) O thy happiness ! Deut 33:29; Ps 128:2 ‎אַשְׁרֵיךְ‎ Eccl 10:17 ‎אַשְׁרֵיכֶס‎ Isa 32:20 ‎אַשְׁרָיו‎ Prov 14:21; Prov 16:20 ‎אַשְׁרֵהוּ‎ Prov 29:18 (on these forms see Ges^{«GKC:93»§ 93}, R. 1, E).

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