Asher 316208 215743360 2008-05-29T14:42:43Z Da monster under your bed 2040962 rv nonsense '''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]]. '''Ashar''' is also a place in [[Israel]]. ==Asher the son of Jacob== 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]. 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) ==Etymology== 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 | last =Metzeger | first =Bruce M. (ed) | authorlink = | coauthors = , Michael D. Coogan (ed) | title = The Oxford Companion to the Bible | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | date = 1993 | location = Oxford, UK | pages = | url = | doi = | 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. == People named Asher == * See [[People named Asher]]. ==Notes== <references/> == See also == *[[Tribe of Asher]] {{sons of Jacob}} [[Category:Founders of Biblical tribes]] {{Tanakh-stub}} [[fr:Aser]] [[id:Asyer]] [[he:אשר (דמות תנ"כית)]] [[nl:Aser]] [[pl:Aser]] [[pt:Aser]] [[ru:Асир]]