e.sher marks people or communities declared fortunate in connection with conduct, trust, help, or an affirmed condition.

Across the supplied verses, the term introduces a declaration concerning persons, a people, or a land in a favorable or fortunate condition: those who keep instruction, fear the LORD, trust, wait, receive help, or are described through particular circumstances. The same declaration can also be applied to Israel, to servants hearing wisdom, and to figures connected with recompense.

1. Declaration of a favorable condition · dominant

   The term regularly stands at the head of clauses identifying those to whom the declaration applies. In Psalm 119:1 the plural absolute form introduces the unblemished in way who walk in the LORD's instruction; in Proverbs 3:13 it introduces the person finding wisdom and obtaining understanding; and in Psalm 146:5 it identifies the person whose help and hope are in God. The clause may also apply it to a people or setting: in Deuteronomy 33:29 the APB renders Israel's address, "Happy are you, O Israel!" and in Ecclesiastes 10:17 it addresses a land whose king and rulers act fittingly.

   Psalm 119:1Proverbs 3:13Psalm 146:5Deuteronomy 33:29Ecclesiastes 10:17Isaiah 30:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the declaration with "Blessed," as in Psalm 119:1 and Isaiah 30:18, but renders it "Happy" in Deuteronomy 33:29. Verses such as Psalm 40:5 and Psalm 89:16 do not make an individual English equivalent for the term clear.