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ASHER

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Jewish, English

Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר (Hebrew)

Pronounced: A-shər (English)   [key]

Means "happy" or "blessed" in Hebrew. Asher in the Old Testament was a son of Jacob and Leah's handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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