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'''Asher''' ({{Hebrew Name|אָשֵׁר|Ašer|ʾĀšēr}}), in the [[Book of Genesis]], is the second son of [[Jacob]] and [[Zilpah]], and the founder of the [[Hebrew tribe|Tribe]] of [[Tribe of Asher|Asher]]. |
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'''Ashar''' is also a place in [[Israel]]. |
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==Asher the son of Jacob== |
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Asher played a role in the plot to sell his brother Joseph into slavery.(Gen. 37:23-36) Asher and his four sons and daughter settled in [[Canaan]]. <ref name="oxford"/> On his deathbed, Jacob blesses Asher by saying that "his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties"(Genesis 49:20 [Authorized (King James)Version]. |
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Asher's daughter, [[Serah]] (also transliterated as Serach), is the only granddaughter of Jacob mentioned in the [[Torah]], and has several legends associated with her. {Gen. 46:17) |
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==Etymology== |
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Asher is generally understood to come from the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word ''Osher'' meaning "happy" or "blessing" (See Gen. 30:13). <ref name="oxford">{{cite book |
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| last =Metzger |
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| first =Bruce M. (ed) |
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| coauthors = , Michael D. Coogan (ed) |
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| title = The Oxford Companion to the Bible |
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| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] |
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| date = 1993 |
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| location = Oxford, UK |
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| isbn = 0-19-504645-5 }}</ref> In the past critical scholars conjectured that the name referred to a male counterpart of the goddess [[Asherah]] with a name cognate to the Assyrian god [[Ashur]] although no evidence of such a deity has been found and the latter name is derived from a different root. |
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== People named Asher == |
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* See [[People named Asher]]. |
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==Notes== |
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== See also == |
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*[[Tribe of Asher]] |
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{{sons of Jacob}} |
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[[Category:Founders of Biblical tribes]] |
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[[he:אשר (דמות מקראית)]] |
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[[ru:Асир]] |
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Revision as of 13:46, 27 January 2009
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