Asher (Tribe of Israel)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אשר (שבט)
Name (Latin)
Asher (Tribe of Israel)
Name (Arabic)
أشر (قبيلة إسرائيل)
See Also From tracing topical name
Twelve tribes of Israel
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q163106
Library of congress: sh 85008593

Wikipedia description:

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher (Hebrew: אָשֵׁר, Modern: ʼAšer, Tiberian: ʼĀšēr, "happy one"), the eighth son of Jacob. It is one of the ten lost tribes.

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