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title: עֲמָשַׂי — Amasai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲמָשַׂי (6022), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Amasai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲמָשַׂי

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«עֲמָשַׂי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Amasai** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6022 · **BDB:** עֲמָשַׂי

### Glosses

Amasai (2); of.Amasai (2); \[were\].Amasai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amasai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6022/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6022/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. foreg.);— warrior of David 1 Ch 12:19 (van d. H. v 18), Αμασαι, perhaps = אֲבִישִׁי (2 S 23:18). Levites; 1 Ch 6:10, 20 (עֲמָשָׁ֑י). 2 Ch 29:12. priest 1 Ch 15:24.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲמָשַׂי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6022/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.10/)

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וּבְנֵי֙ אֶלְקָנָ֔ה עֲמָשַׂ֖י וַאֲחִימֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Elkanah \[were\].Amasai and Ahimoth

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.

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[1 Chronicles 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.20/)

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בֶּן־צוּף֙ בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָ֔ה בֶּן־מַ֖חַת בֶּן־עֲמָשָֽׂי׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Zuph the.son of.Elkanah the.son of.Mahath the.son of.Amasai

*JPS 1917:* the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai;

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