אַשְׁמָהʼashmâh
wrong-doing, guiltiness
Pronunciation: ash-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H819
Meanings
1. doing wrong, committing a trespass or offence (2 Chronicles 24:18; 2 Chronicles 28:10; 2 Chronicles 28:13)
2. becoming guilty (1 Chronicles 21:3; Ezra 10:10; Ezra 10:19)
3. bringing a trespass-offering (Leviticus 5:24; Leviticus 22:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 4:3 “If the high priest sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the Lord a young bull with no defects.
- Leviticus 6:5 or anything obtained by swearing falsely. You must make restitution by paying the full price plus an additional 20 percent to the person you have harmed. On the same day you must present a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 6:7 Through this process, the priest will purify you before the Lord, making you right with him, and you will be forgiven for any of these sins you have committed.”
- Leviticus 22:16 by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the Lord who makes them holy.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 But Joab replied, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 They decided to abandon the Temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and they worshiped Asherah poles and idols instead! Because of this sin, divine anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem.
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).