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# אָסָף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H623

**Asaph** — used 46 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

Asaph [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/623/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָסָף: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/623/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (gatherer, cf. Ph. n.pr.f. אספת) father of יוֹאָח the recorder 2 K 18:18, 37 = Is 36:3, 22. one of David’s chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah 1 Ch 6:24(×2) (‖ הֵימָן v 18, אֵיתָן v 29 vid. these names); 15:17 (‖ Heman & Ethan, all called) הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים v 19, v. also 16:5(×2), 7 cf. v 37 (‖ Heman & Jeduthun v 41, 42); 25:9, named with Heman & Jeduthun also 25:6; 2 Ch 5:12; 35:15; ψ 50. 73–83 are ascribed to Asaph; cf. also בִּימֵי דָוִיד וְאָסָף Ne 12:46; he is called also הַחֹזֶה 2 Ch 29:30, cf. אָסָף הַנִּבָּא עַל־יְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Ch 25:2; repeated mention is made also of sons of Asaph בְּנֵי־אָסָף, sons, descendants, and pupils, or those who sang and played after his manner 1 Ch 25:1 (‖ Heman & Jeduthun) v 2(×2); called הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים 2 Ch 35:15; Ezr 2:41; Ne 7:44; 11:22, cf. Ezr 3:10; performing service of purification, Hezekiah’s time 2 Ch 29:13, one of them prophesying 2 Ch 20:14;—1 Ch 26:1 for בְּנֵי אָסָף read בְּנֵי אֶבְיָסָף, cf. 9:19; on זִכְרִי 9:15, זַבְדִּי Ne 11:17, זַכּוּר 12:35, called בֶּן־אָסָף, v. these names. keeper of king’s park Ne 2:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Asaph (26); of Asaph (20).

## In the verses

[Psalms 83:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.1/#tree)

שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְאָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of Asaph

*JPS 1917:* A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

[Ezra 2:41](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.41/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.41/#tree)

הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים בְּנֵ֣י אָסָ֔ף מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* the singers the.descendants of.Asaph one.hundred twenty and eight

*JPS 1917:* The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/623.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/623/): 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).