אֶשֶׁר

[אֶ֫שֶׁר, or אָשָׁר, compare Lag^{BN 143}] noun [masculine] only Plural construct אַשְׁרֵי happiness, blessedness of 1 Kong 10,8 + 32 t. and with suffix, see below; abstract intensive exclamation O happiness, blessedness of, אַשְׁרֵי אֲנָשֶׁיךָ אַשְׁרֵי עֲבָדֶיךָ אֵלֶּה happy thy men, happy these thy servants; 1 Kong 10,8 (= 2 Kron 9,7); אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֺשׁ יוֺכִיחֶנּוּ אֱלוֺהַּ blessed the man whom Eloah correcteth Job 5,17 אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי דֶרֶךְ blessed the perfect in way Sl 119,1 אַשְׁרֵי בָנָיו אַחֲרָיו blessed his children after him Ord 20,7 elsewhere construct with אָדָם Sl 32,2; Sl 84,6; Sl 84,13; Ord 3,13; Ord 8,34; Ord 28,14 with הַגֶּבֶר Sl 34,9; Sl 40,5; Sl 94,12; Sl 127,5 (הָ)אִישׁ Sl 1,1; Sl 112,1 אֱנוֺשׁ Es 56,2 הַגּוֺי Sl 33,12 הָעָם Sl 89,16; Sl 144,15 (twice in verse); before participle Sl 2,12; Sl 32,1; Sl 41,2; Sl 84,5; Sl 106,3; Sl 119,2; Sl 128,1; Es 30,18; Dan 12,12 before verbal clauses without relative Sl 65,5; Ord 8,32 with שֶֿׁ Sl 137,8; Sl 137,9; Sl 146,5 with suffix אַשְׁרֶיךָ (for אֲשָׁרֶיךָ) O thy happiness ! 5 Mos 33,29; Sl 128,2 אַשְׁרֵיךְ Praed 10,17 אַשְׁרֵיכֶס Es 32,20 אַשְׁרָיו Ord 14,21; Ord 16,20 אַשְׁרֵהוּ Ord 29,18 (on these forms see Ges^{«GKC:93»§ 93}, R. 1, E).