אשר

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אשר^¹

/ʔăˈʃɛr/
[ʔaˈʃɛː.ɛʀ]
/ʔəˈʃar/
[ʔæˈʃæːr]
/(ʔ)æˈʃer/ Persian
/aˈʃɛʁ̞/
/(ʔ)aˈʃeʁ/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-. Cognate to Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, “trace, vestige, impression, relic”) and Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige; way, road; relic”), more closely Aramaic אֲתַר (ʾăṯar) / ܐܰܬܰܪ (ʾaṯar), doublet of אֲתָר (ʾăṯār, “spot, place”) borrowed from it, related also to the verb אָשַׁר (ʾāšár, “to go straight on, to make progress”).

conjunction אֲשֶׁר · ashér

who, which זֹאת הַמְּצִיאוּת אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ הוּא חַי
the thing which, the person who וַיִּיקֶץ נֹחַ מִיֵּינוֹ וַיֵּדַע אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לוֹ בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָן׃
that וְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ בַּיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִבְּנוֹת הַכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב בְּקִרְבּוֹ׃
In conjunction with another subjunction. כִּי יְדַעְתִּיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר יְצַוֶּה אֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ אַחֲרָיו וְשָׁמְרוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהֹוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט
of purpose so that, in order that הָבָה נֵרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵהוּ׃

אשר^²

/ʔɔːˈʃeːr/
[ʔɔˑˈʃeː.eʀ]
/ʔɔˈʃer/
[ʔɔːˈʃeːr]
/(ʔ)ɒˈʃer/ Persian
/ɔˈʃejʁ̞/
/(ʔ)aˈʃeʁ̞/ Modern Israeli

proper noun אָשֵׁר · ashér

Asher (the eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah)
a male given name

אשר^³

noun אֹשֶׁר · 'ósher

misspelling defective spelling of אושר

אשר^⁴

verb אִשֵּׁר · ishér

construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of אישר

verb אֻשַּׁר · ushár

construction pu'al, misspelling defective spelling of אושר

In English

that connecting a noun clause
who who (relative pronoun)
which (relative) designating the one(s) mentioned
approve to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a
Asher male given name

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"אשר." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

אשר. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8

Chicago

"אשר." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8.

BibTeX

@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אשר},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

אשר