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Asher

Asher ( ’Āšēr), in the Book of Genesis, was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah, and Jacob's eighth son overall. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher.

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Person.name: Asher
Person.native_name_lang: he
Person.image: Asher (Francisco de Zurbarán).jpg
Person.caption: Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
Person.pronunciation: Asher
Person.birth_date: 2 Shevat or 20 Shevat
Person.death_date: (aged 123)
Person.father: Jacob
Person.mother: Zilpah
Person.spouse: Adon (first wife) Hadurah (second wife)

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Asher ( ’Āšēr), in the Book of Genesis, was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah, and Jacob's eighth son overall. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher.

==Name== The text of the Torah states that the name אָשֵׁר Asher means "happy" or "blessing", implying a derivation from the Hebrew term osher in two variations: beoshri (meaning in my good fortune), and ishsheruni. The Bible states that at his birth, Leah exclaimed, "Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: so she called his name Asher", meaning "happy" (Genesis 30:13). Indeed, the name אָשֵׁר Asher is a typical Semitic name, deriving from the Hebrew root ʔ-š-r "to be happy" and the stative nominal stem.