הָ/אֲשֵׁרִֽים — 2 Chronicles 14:2 Hebrew Word Study

הָ/אֲשֵׁרִֽים

𐤄/𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌

haasherim

the Asherim

or אֲשֵׁירָה; from אָשַׁר; happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same; grove. Compare עַשְׁתֹּרֶת.

H842

2 Chronicles 14:2 · Word #11

Lexicon `H842`

Lemma	אֲשֵׁרָה
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤄
Transliteration	ʼăshêrâh
Strong's	H842
In-context	the Asherim

Morphology `HTd/Np` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`p` — Proper Name — Proper name

SIBI-P1 `H842-09`

the Fortune-Pillars

Root	אשר (ʾ-š-r)
Core Meanings	to go straight, to advance, to be blessed, happiness, prosperity
Semantic Range	The Canaanite goddess Asherah; wooden cultic poles or trees representing her; symbols of fertility, blessing, and prosperity erected at high places or beside altars.
Conceptual Significance	The Asherim represent syncretistic worship practices repeatedly condemned in the Hebrew Scriptures. Their presence signifies covenant unfaithfulness, as Israel turned from YHWH to seek blessing, fertility, and prosperity through Canaanite religious symbols tied to the concept of "fortune" or "blessedness."
Morphological Notes	Noun masculine plural with prefixed definite article (הָ־); plural form אֲשֵׁרִים derived from feminine singular אֲשֵׁרָה but used for multiple cult objects (wooden poles or sacred symbols).
Rendering Rationale	אֲשֵׁרִים is the masculine plural form with the definite article ("the"), referring to multiple cultic objects associated with אֲשֵׁרָה. Rendering it "Fortune-Pillars" preserves the plural form and reflects the root אשר, which conveys blessedness, prosperity, or happy fortune—concepts embodied in the goddess and her symbolic wooden poles.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אשר (to go straight, to advance, to be blessed, happiness, prosperity)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H844-01`	aseriel	El-makes-straight
`H834-01`	asher	that-which
`H836-01`	asher	that-which
`H842-01`	asherah	Happy Lady
`H835-01`	asherayv	his happinesses
`H842-02`	asherayv	his upright-poles (Asherah images)
`H835-02`	asherehu	O the happiness of him
`H835-03`	asherey	the happinesses of
`H842-03`	ashereyhem	their Upright-Ones (Asherah-idols)
`H835-04`	ashereykha	O your happinesses!
`H835-05`	ashereykhe	your happinesses
`H835-06`	ashereykhem	O the happinesses of you men!
`H842-04`	asherim	upright-blessing poles (Asherah-poles)
`H842-05`	asherot	Asherah-pillars
`H833-01`	asheru	you have gone straight
`H842-06`	asheyrah	Asherah — the Happy-One (goddess)
`H842-07`	asheyreykha	your Asherah-poles
`H804-01`	ashur	Ashshur (Prosperous-One)
`H7789-01`	ashur	Ashshur (the Prosperous One)
`H804-02`	ashurah	toward Ashshur (the Prosperous Realm)
`H838-01`	ashuray	my advancing-steps
`H838-02`	ashurayv	his advancing-steps
`H838-03`	ashureynu	our advancing-steps
`H838-04`	ashuri	my step
`H805-01`	ashurim	Ashurite men
`H839-01`	ashurim	Ashur-ites
`H834-02`	baasher	in-that-which
`H838-05`	baashuro	in his step
`H836-02`	beasher	in Asher (Happy-One)
`H837-01`	beasheri	in my blessedness
`H804-03`	beashur	into Ashshur (the prosperous realm)
`H7945-01`	beshel	on-account-of that-which
`H845-01`	haaserieli	the El-makes-blessed clansman
`H834-03`	haasher	the (things) which
`H842-08`	haasherah	the Blessed Lady
`H843-01`	haasheri	the Happy-One clansman
`H842-10`	haasherot	the Blessing-Pillars
`H805-02`	haashuri	the Asshurite clansman
`H833-02`	isheruni	they have declared me happy
`H834-05`	khaasher	when, where, or in which manner
`H834-06`	khshr	that-which
`H834-07`	laasher	to which, to whom, to what
`H842-11`	laasherah	to the Happy-One (goddess)
`H838-06`	laashuro	to his step
`H836-03`	leasher	to ʾĀshēr (the Happy-One)
`H804-04`	leashur	to Ashshur (the Prosperous Realm)
`H836-04`	measher	from which / from whom
`H834-08`	measher	from-that-which
`H833-03`	measherey	those who make-straight of
`H833-04`	meashereykha	your straighteners
`H833-05`	measherim	those declaring blessedness
`H804-05`	meashur	from Ashshur (the Successful One)
`H833-06`	meushar	one made-straight
`H7945-02`	mishelanu	from what-belongs-to-us
`H834-09`	shr	which / that (relative-marker)
`H833-07`	teasher	may you declare blessed
`H836-05`	uleasher	And to Asher (Happy-One)
`H804-06`	uleashur	and to Ashshur (the Prosperer)
`H834-10`	umeasher	and from which/what
`H836-06`	umeasher	and from that-which
`H804-07`	umeashur	and from Ashshur (Prosper-Land)
`H833-08`	umeusharayv	and his made-blessed ones
`H8391-01`	uteashur	and the upright cedar
`H834-11`	uvaasher	and-in-that-which
`H836-07`	uveasher	and in Asher (Happy-One)
`H804-08`	uveashur	and in Asshur (Prosperity-Realm)
`H840-01`	vaasareel	and El-Makes-Straight
`H841-01`	vaasareelah	and Right-toward-God
`H834-12`	vaasher	and which
`H842-12`	vaashereyhem	and their upright Asherah-poles
`H842-13`	vaasherim	and the Asherah-pillars
`H842-14`	vaasheyrehem	and their upright-pillars
`H833-09`	vateashereni	and she declared me happy
`H833-10`	vayeasheruha	and they pronounced her happy
`H844-02`	veaseriel	and Asri-El ("Happy-of-El")
`H833-11`	veasher	and Asher (the Straight‑Blessed One)
`H836-08`	veasher	and Happy-One
`H835-07`	veasherey	and the happinesses of
`H804-09`	veashur	and Ashshur (Prosperous One)
`H842-15`	vehaasherah	and the Upright-One
`H842-16`	vehaasherim	and the Upright-Poles
`H833-12`	veisheru	and they went straight; and you men, go straight
`H834-13`	vekhaasher	and according as
`H834-14`	velaasher	and to the-one-which
`H842-17`	velaasherah	and to the Upright-One (Asherah)
`H7945-03`	vesheli	on-account-of me
`H833-13`	veushar	and he was pronounced blessed
`H846-01`	veusharena	and the upright wall
`H834-15`	vshr	and that/which
`H833-14`	yeasheruhu	they will declare him blessed
`H833-15`	yshr	he will cause to be straight/blessed

Word Usage (40 occurrences of H842)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 34:13	אֲשֵׁרָ֖י/ו	asherayv	their Asherah poles
Deuteronomy 7:5	וַ/אֲשֵֽׁירֵ/הֶם֙	vaasheyrehem	and their Asherim
Deuteronomy 12:3	וַ/אֲשֵֽׁרֵי/הֶם֙	vaashereyhem	and their Asherim
Deuteronomy 16:21	אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה	asherah	Asherah
Judges 3:7	הָ/אֲשֵׁרֽוֹת	haasherot	the Asherahs
Judges 6:25	הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֥ה	haasherah	the Asherah
Judges 6:26	הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה	haasherah	of the Asherah
Judges 6:28	וְ/הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֥ה	vehaasherah	and the Asherah
Judges 6:30	הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֥ה	haasherah	the Asherah
1 Kings 14:15	אֲשֵׁ֣רֵי/הֶ֔ם	ashereyhem	their-Asherim
1 Kings 14:23	וַ/אֲשֵׁרִ֑ים	vaasherim	and Asherim
1 Kings 15:13	לָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֑ה	laasherah	for Asherah
1 Kings 16:33	הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֑ה	haasherah	the Asherah
1 Kings 18:19	הָֽ/אֲשֵׁרָה֙	haasherah	Asherah
2 Kings 13:6	הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֔ה	haasherah	the Asherah
2 Kings 17:10	וַ/אֲשֵׁרִ֑ים	vaasherim	and Asherah poles
2 Kings 17:16	אֲשֵׁירָ֗ה	asheyrah	Asherah
2 Kings 18:4	הָֽ/אֲשֵׁרָ֑ה	haasherah	Asherah
2 Kings 21:3	אֲשֵׁרָה֙	asherah	an Asherah
2 Kings 21:7	הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה	haasherah	of the Asherah
2 Kings 23:4	וְ/לָֽ/אֲשֵׁרָ֔ה	velaasherah	and for Asherah
2 Kings 23:6	הָ/אֲשֵׁרָה֩	haasherah	Asherah
2 Kings 23:7	לָ/אֲשֵׁרָֽה	laasherah	for the Asherah
2 Kings 23:14	הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֑ים	haasherim	Asherim
2 Kings 23:15	אֲשֵׁרָֽה	asherah	the Asherah
Isaiah 17:8	וְ/הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים	vehaasherim	and-the-Asherim
Isaiah 27:9	אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים	asherim	Asherim
Jeremiah 17:2	וַ/אֲשֵׁרֵי/הֶ֖ם	vaashereyhem	and their Asherim
Micah 5:13	אֲשֵׁירֶ֖י/ךָ	asheyreykha	your asherim
2 Chronicles 14:2	הָ/אֲשֵׁרִֽים	haasherim	the Asherim
2 Chronicles 15:16	לַ/אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה	laasherah	for Asherah
2 Chronicles 17:6	הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים	haasherim	the Asherim
2 Chronicles 19:3	הָ/אֲשֵׁרוֹת֙	haasherot	the Asherah poles
2 Chronicles 24:18	הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים	haasherim	Asherim
2 Chronicles 31:1	הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֡ים	haasherim	the-Asherim
2 Chronicles 33:3	אֲשֵׁר֔וֹת	asherot	Asherahs
2 Chronicles 33:19	הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֣ים	haasherim	Asherahs
2 Chronicles 34:3	וְ/הָ֣/אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים	vehaasherim	and-the-Asherim
2 Chronicles 34:4	וְ֠/הָ/אֲשֵׁרִים	vehaasherim	and the Asherim
2 Chronicles 34:7	הָ/אֲשֵׁרִ֤ים	haasherim	the-Asherim

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Lexicon H842

Morphology HTd/Np All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H842-09

Words from Root אשר (to go straight, to advance, to be blessed, happiness, prosperity)

Word Usage (40 occurrences of H842)

Lexicon `H842`

Morphology `HTd/Np` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H842-09`