Asher Definition

ăshər
noun
Jacob's eighth son, whose mother was Zilpah: Gen. 30:12-13
Webster's New World
The tribe of Israel descended from him: Num. 1:40
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(Internet) A member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression.

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pronoun

(biblical) Eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.

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(biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.

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A male given name.
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A female given name.
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Other Word Forms of Asher

Noun

Singular:
Asher
Plural:
ashers

Origin of Asher

  • Old Testament Hebrew אָשֵׁר (asher), a son of Jacob.

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  • Initialism of alt.suicide.holiday and -er.

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Asher Sentence Examples

  • Their work may be said to culminate in the vocalized text which resulted from the labours of Rabbi Aaron ben Asher in the 10th century.

  • The tribal names Gad and Asher are suggestive of the worship of a deity of fortune (Gad) and of the male counterpart of the goddess, Asherah.

  • Asher ben Jehiel, a pupil of Me'ir of Rothenburg, was the author of the popular Talmudic compendium, generally quoted as Rabbenu Asher, on the lines of Alfasi, besides other halakhic works.

  • Through his disciples Asher ben Yelliel and Mordecai ben Hillel, Meir exercised much influence on subsequent developments of Judaism.

  • Theoretically it was in the territory of the tribe of Asher, and Josephus assigns it by name to the district of one of Solomon's provincial governors.

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Words Starting With

AASASH

Words Ending With

RERHER

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