אשרי

Hebrew

Root
א־שׁ־ר (ʾ-sh-r)

Preposition

אַשְׁרֵי • (ashré)

1. (Biblical Hebrew) happy is/was/will be
   • Tanach, 1 Kings 10:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אַשְׁרֵי אֲנָשֶׁיךָ אַשְׁרֵי עֲבָדֶיךָ אֵלֶּה הָעֹמְדִים לְפָנֶיךָ תָּמִיד הַשֹּׁמְעִים אֶת־חָכְמָתֶךָ׃

     Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

   • Tanach, Psalms 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב׃

     Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Menachot 18a:

     זָלְגוּ עֵינָיו דְּמָעוֹת שֶׁל רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן שַׁמּוּעַ אָמַר אַשְׁרֵיכֶם תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים שֶׁדִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה חֲבִיבִין עֲלֵיכֶם בְּיוֹתֵר

     The eyes of Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua trickled with tears and he said, “Happy are you, learned men, to whom the words of the Torah are most beloved!”

Inflection

Inflection table

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				אַשְׁרֵי (ashré)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	אשריי / אַשְׁרַי (ashrá)		אַשְׁרֵינוּ (ashrénu)
Second person	אַשְׁרֶיךָ (ashrékha)	אשרייך / אַשְׁרַיִךְ (ashráyikh)	אַשְׁרֵיכֶם (ashrekhém)	אַשְׁרֵיכֶן (ashrekhén)
Third person	אַשְׁרָיו (ashráv)	אַשְׁרֶיהָ (ashréha)	אַשְׁרֵיהֶם (ashrehém)	אַשְׁרֵיהֶן (ashrehén)