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title: אֲסַפְסֻף — collection · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲסַפְסֻף (628), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: collection. BDB 1906: collection, rabble. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲסַפְסֻף

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«אֲסַפְסֻף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **collection** — 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:** 628 · **BDB:** אֲסַפְסֻף

### Glosses

rabble (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

collection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/628/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

collection, rabble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/628/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] collection, rabble, only הָאסַפְסֻף Nu 11:4 of the camp-followers attending Hebrews at the Exodus.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲסַפְסֻף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/628/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.4/)

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וְהָֽאסַפְסֻף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ הִתְאַוּ֖וּ תַּאֲוָ֑ה וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ וַיִּבְכּ֗וּ גַּ֚ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י יַאֲכִלֵ֖נוּ בָּשָֽׂר׃

*Word for word:* and the rabble which \[was\].in midst its they.craved a.craving and they.returned and they.wept also the.people of.Israel and they.said who? will he.cause.us.to.eat meat

*JPS 1917:* And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel also wept on their part, and said: 'Would that we were given flesh to eat!

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