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# עֲשָׂהאֵל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6214

**Asahel** — used 12 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

Asahel [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6214/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲשָׂהאֵל: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6214/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ασαηλ, 𝔊L Ασσαηλ (on this and foll. cf אֶלְעָשָׂה);— brother of Joab and Abishai 2 S 2:18(×2) + 7 times 2, + 3:27, 30; 23:24; 1 Ch 2:16; 11:26; 27:7. Levites: 2 Ch 17:8 (Ιασειηλ, Ασιηλ). 31:13. post-exil. name Ezr 10:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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: Asahel (10); O Asahel (1); of Asahel (1).

## In the verses

[2 Samuel 2:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.20/#tree)

וַיִּ֤פֶן אַבְנֵר֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַאַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָנֹֽכִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.turned Abner behind him and he.said ? you \[is\].this O.Asahel and he.said I

*JPS 1917:* Then Abner looked behind him, and said: 'Is it thou, Asahel?' And he answered: 'It is I.'

[Ezra 10:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.15/#tree)

אַ֣ךְ יוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה בֶן־תִּקְוָ֖ה עָמְד֣וּ עַל־זֹ֑את וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י הַלֵּוִ֖י עֲזָרֻֽם׃

*Word for word:* only Jonathan the.son of.Asahel and Jahzeiah the.son of.Tikvah they.stood on this and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite they supported.them

*JPS 1917:* Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6214/): 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).