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title: עֲשָׂהאֵל — Asahel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲשָׂהאֵל (6214), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Asahel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲשָׂהאֵל

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«עֲשָׂהאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Asahel** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 6214 · **BDB:** עֲשָׂהאֵל

### Glosses

Asahel (10); O.Asahel (1); of.Asahel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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 (1 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 «עֲשָׂהאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6214/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.'

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

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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.

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