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# הֵימָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1968

**Heman** — used 17 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

Heman [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1968/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֵימָן: n.pr.m. Heman [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1968/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Heman (faithful, cf. Aramaic מְהֵימָן, ܡܗܰܝܡܰܢ ) a wise man with whom Solomon is compared 1 K 5:11, where app. son of Mahol (Klo sons of the dance); named with 3 others, one being Ethan the Ezrahite; 1 Ch 2:6 a Heman is named with same 3 + 1 other, & all called sons of Zerah of Judah; Heman appears ψ 88:1 also as the Ezrahite (v. sub זרח), cf. Ethan supr.; in other passages Heman is a Levite; specif. Kohathite, son of Joel, called the singer (הַמְשׁוֹרֵר) 1 Ch 6:18 (‖ Asaph v 24, Ethan v 29); Heman, Asaph & Ethan named as the singers (הַמְשֹׁרְרִים) 1 Ch 15:17, 19; cf. Heman & Jeduthun 16:41, 42 (‖ Asaph v 37); Heman, Asaph & Jeduthun 25:6 2 Ch 5:12; 35:15; elsewhere בְּנֵי אָסָף וְהֵימָן וִידוּתוּן 1 Ch 25:1 cf. v 4(×2), 5(×2); בְּנֵי הֵימָן 2 Ch 29:14 (‖ בְּנֵי ידוּתוּן); 1 Ch 25:5 Heman is called חֹזֵה הַמֶּלָךְ בְּדִבְרֵי הָאֱלֹהִים (cf. Asaph 2 Ch 29:30, Jeduthun 2 Ch 35:15).—On question of identity of Heman in these various connections, v. Thes Comm.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Heman (15); of Heman (2).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 15:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.19/#tree)

וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים הֵימָ֥ן אָסָ֖ף וְאֵיתָ֑ן בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃

*Word for word:* and the singers Heman Asaph and Ethan with cymbals bronze to sound.aloud

*JPS 1917:* So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

[2 Chronicles 29:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.14/#tree)

וּמִן־בְּנֵ֥י הֵימָ֖ן יְחִיאֵ֣ל וְשִׁמְעִ֑יס וּמִן־בְּנֵ֣י יְדוּת֔וּן שְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה וְעֻזִּיאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and of the.descendants of.Heman Jehiel and Shimei and of the.descendants of.Jeduthun Shemaiah and Uzziel

*JPS 1917:* and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1968.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1968/): 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).