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title: אָסֹף — store · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָסֹף (624), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: store. BDB 1906: store. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָסֹף

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«אָסֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **store** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 624 · **BDB:** אָסֹף

### Glosses

storehouses (1); the.store(s) (1); the.storerooms (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

store [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/624/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

store [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/624/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] what is gathered, store, hence בֵּית הָאֲסֻפִּים store-house, near south gate of temple 1 Ch 26:15 (cf. 2 Ch 25:24); v 17 הָא׳ alone in same sense; cf. אֲכֻפֵּי הַשְּׁעָרִים Ne 12:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָסֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/624/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 26:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.15/)

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לְעֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֖ם עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֖ם נֶ֑גְבָּה וּלְבָנָ֖יו בֵּ֥ית הָאֲסֻפִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* to Obed-Edom Obed-Edom south to.\[the\] and to sons his the.house of the.store(s)

*JPS 1917:* To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the Storehouse.

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[Nehemiah 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.25/)

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מַתַּנְיָ֧ה וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛ה עֹבַדְיָ֥ה מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם טַלְמ֣וֹן עַקּ֑וּב שֹׁמְרִ֤ים שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ מִשְׁמָ֔ר בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖י הַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Mattaniah and Bakbukiah Obadiah Meshullam Talmon Akkub \[who\].kept \[were\].gatekeepers guard at the.storerooms of the.gates

*JPS 1917:* Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the store-houses of the gates.

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