Word Study · Strong's H819 · Hebrew
אַשְׁמָה
ashmah
ash-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼashmâh
“guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of asin-offering”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of asin-offering
Rendered in the KJV as
offend, sin, (cause of) trespass(-ing, offering).
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- אַשְׁמָ֔ה1
- אַשְׁמָה֙1
- אַשְׁמָֽה׃1
- אֲשָׁמ֔וֹת1
- אַשְׁמַ֥ת1
- אַשְׁמָתֽוֹ׃1
- אַשְׁמָתֵ֑ינוּ1
- אַשְׁמָתָֽם׃ ס1
- בְּאַשְׁמָ֣ה1
- בְּאַשְׁמַ֣ת1
- בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ1
- בְּאַשְׁמָתָ֖ם1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- guilt3
- to [the] guilt of2
- [are] guilts1
- [have been] in guilt1
- [the] guilt of1
- and by guilt our1
- and guilt our1
- and guilts my1
- by [the] guilt of1
- guilt his1
- guilt our1
- guilt their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- noun · feminine singular3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- noun · feminine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 3
- HR/Ncfsa · 3
- HR/Ncfsc · 2
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bp · 1
- HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp1bp · 1
- HNcfpa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp1bp · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles6 of 19 · 32%
- Ezra6 of 19 · 32%
- Leviticus4 of 19 · 21%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 19 · 5%
- Psalms1 of 19 · 5%
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus4 occurrences
- Leviticus 4:3לְאַשְׁמַ֣תleashmatpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.here: to [the] guilt of
- Leviticus 6:5אַשְׁמָתֽוֹ׃ʾashmatoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularor anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.here: guilt his
- Leviticus 6:7לְאַשְׁמָ֥הleashmahpreposition + noun · feminine singularIn this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”here: to guilt
- Leviticus 22:16אַשְׁמָ֔הʾashmahnoun · feminine singularby allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”here: guilt
2 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 24:18בְּאַשְׁמָתָ֖םbeashmatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.here: in guilt their
- 2 Chronicles 28:10אֲשָׁמ֔וֹתʾashamotnoun · feminine pluralAnd now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?here: [are] guilts
- 2 Chronicles 28:13לְאַשְׁמַ֨תleashmatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”here: to [the] guilt of
- 2 Chronicles 28:13אַשְׁמָתֵ֑ינוּʾashmateinunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”here: guilt our
- 2 Chronicles 28:13אַשְׁמָה֙ʾashmahnoun · feminine singular“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”here: guilt
- 2 Chronicles 33:23אַשְׁמָֽה׃ʾashmahnoun · feminine singularbut he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.here: guilt
Ezra6 occurrences
- Ezra 9:6וְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּveashmatenuconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraland said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.here: and guilt our
- Ezra 9:7בְּאַשְׁמָ֣הbeashmahpreposition + noun · feminine singularFrom the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.here: [have been] in guilt
- Ezra 9:13וּבְאַשְׁמָתֵ֖נוּuveashmatenuconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralAfter all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),here: and by guilt our
- Ezra 9:15בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּbeashmateinupreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralO LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”here: in guilt our
- Ezra 10:10אַשְׁמַ֥תʾashmatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.here: [the] guilt of
- Ezra 10:19אַשְׁמָתָֽם׃ סʾashmatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralMaaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.here: guilt their