אישר

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
א־שׁ־ר (ʾ-š-r)

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אישר / אִשֵּׁר ('ishér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אושר / אֻשַּׁר)

  1. to approve, allow
    • Tanach, Genesis 30:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה בְּאָשְׁרִי, כִּי אִשְּׁרוּנִי בָּנוֹת;
      vattómer leá bəoshrí, ki ishrúni banót;
      And Leah said, Happy am I, For women have called me happy;
  2. to confirm

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