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title: אָסָף — Asaph · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָסָף (623), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 46 times: Asaph. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָסָף

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«אָסָף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Asaph** — 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:** 46 times · **Key:** 623 · **BDB:** אָסָף

### Glosses

Asaph (26); of.Asaph (20)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Asaph [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/623/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/623/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (gatherer, cf. Ph. n.pr.f. אספת) father of יוֹאָח the recorder 2 K 18:18, 37 = Is 36:3, 22. one of David’s chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah 1 Ch 6:24(×2) (‖ הֵימָן v 18, אֵיתָן v 29 vid. these names); 15:17 (‖ Heman \& Ethan, all called) הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים v 19, v. also 16:5(×2), 7 cf. v 37 (‖ Heman \& Jeduthun v 41, 42); 25:9, named with Heman \& Jeduthun also 25:6; 2 Ch 5:12; 35:15; ψ 50. 73–83 are ascribed to Asaph; cf. also בִּימֵי דָוִיד וְאָסָף Ne 12:46; he is called also הַחֹזֶה 2 Ch 29:30, cf. אָסָף הַנִּבָּא עַל־יְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Ch 25:2; repeated mention is made also of sons of Asaph בְּנֵי־אָסָף, sons, descendants, and pupils, or those who sang and played after his manner 1 Ch 25:1 (‖ Heman \& Jeduthun) v 2(×2); called הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים 2 Ch 35:15; Ezr 2:41; Ne 7:44; 11:22, cf. Ezr 3:10; performing service of purification, Hezekiah’s time 2 Ch 29:13, one of them prophesying 2 Ch 20:14;—1 Ch 26:1 for בְּנֵי אָסָף read בְּנֵי אֶבְיָסָף, cf. 9:19; on זִכְרִי 9:15, זַבְדִּי Ne 11:17, זַכּוּר 12:35, called בֶּן־אָסָף, v. these names. keeper of king’s park Ne 2:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָסָף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/623/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.1/)

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שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְאָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of Asaph

*JPS 1917:* A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

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[Ezra 2:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.41/)

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הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים בְּנֵ֣י אָסָ֔ף מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* the singers the.descendants of.Asaph one.hundred twenty and eight

*JPS 1917:* The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.

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