אֶשֶׁר
ʼesher · eh'-sher
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
Lexicon
Derivation: from H833 (אָשַׁר);
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- happiness
- only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blessed, happy.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶשֶׁר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- blessed24 · 53%
- happy15 · 33%
- and happy1 · 2%
- behold, happy1 · 2%
- aleph. blessed1 · 2%
- yea, happy1 · 2%
- for blessed1 · 2%
- are blessed1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.