that in times of scarcity, and especially in the Sabbatical year, Asher provided all Israel with olive-oil. The Asherites were also renowned for wisdom. Scholarly interpretations A number of scholars have proposed that the tribe of Asher actually originated as the Weshesh group of Sea Peoples—the name Weshesh (or rather Uashesh/Ueshesh—for easy pronunciation, this is usually transcribed into English as Weshesh) can be decomposed as men of Uash in Hebrew, and hence possibly a corruption of Asher. Tomb A Samaritan tradition recorded in the late 19th century considered Neby Toba near Tubas to be the burial place of Asher. References External links Founders of biblical tribes Children of Jacob Book of Genesis people Book of Jubilees