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title: אֲסֵפָה — a collecting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲסֵפָה (626), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a collecting. BDB 1906: n.f.verbal. collecting, gathering. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲסֵפָה

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«אֲסֵפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a collecting** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 626 · **BDB:** אֲסֵפָה

### Glosses

a.gathering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a collecting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/626/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.verbal. collecting, gathering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/626/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.verbal. a collecting, gathering; אֻסְּפוּ א׳ אַסִּיר Is 24:22 they are collected, as a collecting captives unto a pit (dungeon); or they are gathered with a gathering (as) captives, cf. 22:18; but perhaps read אֹסֶף הָאַסִּיר (cstr.); v. Weir Che.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲסֵפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/626/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.22/)

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וְאֻסְּפ֨וּ אֲסֵפָ֤ה אַסִּיר֙ עַל־בּ֔וֹר וְסֻגְּר֖וּ עַל־מַסְגֵּ֑ר וּמֵרֹ֥ב יָמִ֖ים יִפָּקֵֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.gathered a.gathering prisoner\[s\] to a.pit and they.will.be.shut.up at a.prison and from an.abundance of.days they.will.be.visited

*JPS 1917:* And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished.

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