{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H833",
  "lemma": "אָשַׁר",
  "transliteration": "ʼâshar",
  "definition": "to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper",
  "kjv": "(call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[אָשַׁר] vb. go straight, go on, advance",
    "Qal go straight on in the way of understanding",
    "Pi.",
    "1. intensive go straight on, advance",
    "2. causative lead on",
    "3. set right, righten",
    "4. pronounce happy, call blessed",
    "Pu.",
    "1. be led on",
    "2. be made happy, blessed"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:13",
      "text": "Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 1:17",
      "text": "Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/1?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 3:12",
      "text": "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/3?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 9:15",
      "text": "For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/9?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Malachi 3:12",
      "text": "“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says the LORD of Hosts.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/malachi/3?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Malachi 3:15",
      "text": "Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/malachi/3?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 41:3",
      "text": "The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/41?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 72:17",
      "text": "His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/72?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 3:18",
      "text": "She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/3?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 4:14",
      "text": "Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/4?v=14"
    }
  ],
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