Asher
Sign in to saveAsher ( ’Āšēr), in the Book of Genesis, was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah, and Jacob's eighth son overall. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher.
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- Asher
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- Asher (Francisco de Zurbarán).jpg
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- Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
- Person.pronunciation
- Asher
- Person.birth_date
- 2 Shevat or 20 Shevat
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- (aged 123)
- Person.father
- Jacob
- Person.mother
- Zilpah
- Person.spouse
- Adon (first wife) Hadurah (second wife)
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- The Phillip Medhurst Picture Torah 267. Asher. Genesis cap 49 v 20. De Geyn.jpg
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Asher ( ’Āšēr), in the Book of Genesis, was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah, and Jacob's eighth son overall. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher.
==Name== The text of the Torah states that the name אָשֵׁר Asher means "happy" or "blessing", implying a derivation from the Hebrew term osher in two variations: beoshri (meaning in my good fortune), and ishsheruni. The Bible states that at his birth, Leah exclaimed, "Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: so she called his name Asher", meaning "happy" (Genesis 30:13). Indeed, the name אָשֵׁר Asher is a typical Semitic name, deriving from the Hebrew root ʔ-š-r "to be happy" and the stative nominal stem.