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# עַזְמָוֶת

Biblical Hebrew

**Azmaveth. See also** — used 2 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

Azmaveth. See also [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d6_5b0_5de_5b8_5d5_5b6_5ea/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עַזְמָ֫וֶת: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d6_5b0_5de_5b8_5d5_5b6_5ea/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. A 𝔊L usually Αζμωθ, Ασμωθ: one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:31 1 Ch 11:33, B Ασβωθ. father of two of David’s men 1 Ch 12:3. officer of David 1 Ch 27:25. Benjamite name 1 Ch 8:36; 9:42, B Σαλμω, Γαβαωθ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Azmaveth (1); of Azmaveth (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 2:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.24/#tree)

בְּנֵ֥י עַזְמָ֖וֶת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Azmaveth forty and two

*JPS 1917:* The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.

[Nehemiah 12:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.29/#tree)

וּמִבֵּית֙ הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל בֵּית֙ הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל וּמִשְּׂד֥וֹת גֶּ֖בַע וְעַזְמָ֑וֶת כִּ֣י חֲצֵרִ֗ים בָּנ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ הַמְשֹׁ֣רֲרִ֔ים סְבִיב֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and from Beth Gilgal and from the.fields of.Geba and Azmaveth (dm) villages they.had.built for themselves the singers around Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d6_5b0_5de_5b8_5d5_5b6_5ea/): 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).