אושר

Hebrew

Root
א־שׁ־ר (ʾ-sh-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]

1. (uncountable) 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)

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

Alternative forms

• אֻשַּׁר (defective spelling)

Anagrams

• אשור