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An olive tree: a painted portrait for the tribe of Asher

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
His nameGenesis 30:13

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׃

The blessing of JacobGenesis 49:20

From Asher, his bread is fat, and he shall provide royal delicacies.

מֵאָשֵׁר שְׁמֵנָה לַחְמוֹ וְהוּא יִתֵּן מַעֲדַנֵּי־מֶלֶךְ׃

The blessing of MosesDeuteronomy 33:24-25

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.