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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Asher(ah)


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Asher Asher Asherah Asherah


Asher is Jacob's son number eight and the second son of Jacob with Zilpah. His only full brother is named Gad. The name Asher is later applied to the tribe that he fathered and the region that this tribe inhabited. Joshua 17:7 makes mention of a place named Asher that serves as a border marker for the tribe of Manasseh. The regular country of Asher lies more to the north of Manasseh, so this Asher is most likely a settlement or town or region.
Ashera is a Canaanite fertility goddess and counterpart of Baal

The name Asher comes from the verb Asher (asher 183) meaning to go (straight) on, and probably because it's highly pleasing to progress, its derivations esher, ashar and osher mean happy or happiness (see Prov 9:6).
The Canaanites found progressing so pleasing even that they adored a goddess with the same name: Asherah (Asherah, 1 Ki 15:13), often referred to by the plural Asheroth (Asheroth, Judg 3:7).

Jones and NOBSE both read Happy.



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