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title: הֵימָן — Heman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֵימָן (1968), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Heman. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Heman. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֵימָן

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«הֵימָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Heman** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 1968 · **BDB:** הֵימָן

### Glosses

Heman (15); of.Heman (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֵימָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1968/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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;

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

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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.

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