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title: עֲשָׂיָה — Asaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲשָׂיָה (6222), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Asaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲשָׂיָה

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«עֲשָׂיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Asaiah** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 6222 · **BDB:** עֲשָׂיָה

### Glosses

Asaiah (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Asaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6222/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6222/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ασαιας, etc.; 𝔊L in Kgs. Αζαριας;— servant of Josiah 2 K 22:12, 14 = 2 Ch 34:20. Simeonite 1 Ch 4:36. Levites: 6:15; 15:6, 11. 9:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲשָׂיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6222/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.15/)

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שִׁמְעָ֥א בְנ֛וֹ חַגִּיָּ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ עֲשָׂיָ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* Shimea son his Haggiah son his Asaiah son his

*JPS 1917:* Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

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[1 Chronicles 9:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.5/)

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וּמִן־הַשִּׁ֣ילוֹנִ֔י עֲשָׂיָ֥ה הַבְּכ֖וֹר וּבָנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and of the Shilonite\[s\] Asaiah the firstborn and sons his

*JPS 1917:* And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born and his sons.

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