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# אֲשׁוּר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H838

**step** — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

step [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/838/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲשׁוּר: n.f. step, going [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/838/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ψ 44:19 step, going (cf. Arabic إِثْرٌ, أَثَمٌ Ethiopic አሠር፡: footstep) only sf. אֲשֻׁרוֹ Jb 23:11 Pr 14:15; אֲשׁוּרַי ψ 17:5; אֲשֻׁרָ֑י ψ 40:3; 73:2; אֲשֻׁרֵנוּ ψ 44:19; אֲשֻׁרָיו ψ 37:31, all poet. & fig. of mode of life, etc.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: steps (6); step (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 17:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.5/#tree)

תָּמֹ֣ךְ אֲ֭שֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ בַּל־נָמ֥וֹטּוּ פְעָמָֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.have.held.firm steps my in tracks your not they.have.been.shaken footsteps my

*JPS 1917:* My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

[Psalms 37:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.31/#tree)

תּוֹרַ֣ת אֱלֹהָ֣יו בְּלִבּ֑וֹ לֹ֖א תִמְעַ֣ד אֲשֻׁרָיו׃

*Word for word:* the.law his.God his \[is\].in heart his not it.slips steps his

*JPS 1917:* The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps slide.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/838/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).