אושר

Hebrew

Root
א־שׁ־ר‎ (ʾ-š-r)

Etymology

Possibly related to Ugaritic ushr (“happiness”) and Arabic يَسُرَ‎ (yasura, “to be easy or do easily; to grow rich, live in affluence”).

Noun

אושר /אֹשֶׁר • ('ósher) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

happiness

Related terms

מאושר‎ (m'ushár, “happy”)

References

H837 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

אושר /אֻשַּׁר • (ushár) (pu'al construction, active counterpart אישר / אִשֵּׁר‎)

(rare) passive of אישר‎ (ishér): to be authorized, to be confirmed.

Alternative forms

אֻשַּׁר‎ (defective spelling)

Anagrams

אשור‎

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