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title: אַסִּיר — Assir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַסִּיר (617), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Assir. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַסִּיר

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«אַסִּיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Assir** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 617 · **BDB:** אַסִּיר²

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

Assir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/617/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/617/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Korah Ex 6:24 1 Ch 6:7; called son of Ebiasaph v 8, 22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַסִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/617/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.22/)

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בֶּן־תַּ֙חַת֙ בֶּן־אַסִּ֔יר בֶּן־אֶבְיָסָ֖ף בֶּן־קֹֽרַח׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Tahath the.son of.Assir the.son of.Ebiasaph the.son of.Korah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah;

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[1 Chronicles 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.7/)

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בְּנֵ֖י קְהָ֑ת עַמִּינָדָ֣ב בְּנ֔וֹ קֹ֥רַח בְּנ֖וֹ אַסִּ֥יר בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Kohath \[were\].Amminadab son his Korah son his Assir son his

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son;

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