
The Twelve Tribes · XII of XII
אשר
Asher
Rich bread and oil: his land was blessed with olives, and his name means happiness.
- Mother
- Zilpah
- Born
- The eighth son of Jacob
- Stone
- תַּרְשִׁישׁ · beryl
- Banner
- Like the gem women adorn themselves with
- Emblem
- An olive tree Genesis 49:20
- In the camp
- The north
Leah said: In my happiness [be’oshri], as women will be happy for me
She called his name Asher.
וַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה בְּאׇשְׁרִי כִּי אִשְּׁרוּנִי בָּנוֹת וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אָשֵׁר׃
From Asher, his bread is fat, and he shall provide royal delicacies.
מֵאָשֵׁר שְׁמֵנָה לַחְמוֹ וְהוּא יִתֵּן מַעֲדַנֵּי־מֶלֶךְ׃
And of Asher he said: Blessed of sons is Asher
He will be the beloved of his brothers, and he dips his foot in oil.
Iron and copper your padlocks [minalekha]. And like your days shall be your flow.
וּלְאָשֵׁר אָמַר בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר יְהִי רְצוּי אֶחָיו וְטֹבֵל בַּשֶּׁמֶן רַגְלוֹ׃
בַּרְזֶל וּנְחֹשֶׁת מִנְעָלֶךָ וּכְיָמֶיךָ דׇּבְאֶךָ׃
The English is the Steinsaltz Tanakh, the words of the verse only; the Hebrew is the Masoretic text. The banner, the stone and the emblem follow Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7.