אָשֵׁםʼâshêm
guilty (2 Samuel 14:13; Genesis 42:21; Ezra 10:19)
Pronunciation: aw-shame' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H818
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 42:21 Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn’t listen. That’s why we’re in this trouble.”
- 2 Samuel 14:13 She replied, “Why don’t you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.
- Ezra 10:19 They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).