what does the name asher mean in the bible
The text of the Torah states that the name of Asher means happy / blessing, implying a derivation from the Hebrew term osher in two variations -- beoshri (meaning in my good fortune), and ishsheruni, which textual scholars attribute to different sources -- one to the Yahwist and the other to the Elohist. The Bible states that at his birth Leah exclaimed, "Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: so she called his name Asher," meaning happy. (Genesis 30: 13). Some scholars argue that the name of Asher may have to do with a deity originally worshipped by the tribe, either Asherah, or Ashur, the chief Assyrian deity; the latter possibility is cognate with Asher.