King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H816
Transliteration: asham
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-sham')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to offend, be guilty
Meaning: to be guilty, to be punished, perish
Word Summary
asham: to offend, be guilty
Original Word: אָשַׁםTransliteration: asham
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-sham')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to offend, be guilty
Meaning: to be guilty, to be punished, perish
Strong's Concordance
certainly, become, made desolate, destroy, greatly, become, found, hold guilty, Or mashem {aw-shame'}; a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish -- X certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, X greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H816. asham
אָשֵׁם אָשַׁם, verb offend, be guilty (Arabic , id., sin, offence, , , requital, fault, guilt, mulct, compare Ethiopic ) — אָשַׁם Leviticus 5:19; Numbers 5:7; אָשֵׁם Habakkuk 1:11 7t.; אָֽשְׁמָה Numbers 5:6; אָשָׁ֑מְתָּ Proverbs 30:10; אָשַׁמְתְּ Ezekiel 22:4; אָשֵׁ֑מוּ Leviticus 4:13; Imperfect יֶאְשַׁם Hosea 4:15 13t.; Infinitive absolute אָשֹׁם Leviticus 5:19; אָשׁוֺם Ezekiel 25:12; —
1 commit an offence, a trespass, do a wrong, or an injury, with ׃לְ ליהוה אָשַׁם אָשֹׁם he hath done a great wrong to Yahweh (in violating the commands) Leviticus 5:19 (P); לוֺ אָשַׁם לַאֲשֶׁר וְנָתַן and he shall give it (restitution) to him to whom he did wrong Numbers 5:7 (P), compare 2 Chronicles 19:10 (twice in verse); אָשׁוֺם וַיֶאְשְׁמוּ and they committed lasting wrong (irreparable wrong, the Edomites against Judah) Ezekiel 25:12.
2 be or become guilty Judges 21:22; Jeremiah 50:7; Hosea 4:15; Habakkuk 1:11; in offences requiring sin-offering Leviticus 4:13, 22, 27 (P), of trespass-offering 5:2-3, 17; Leviticus 5:23; Numbers 5:6 (P); with ל guilty of Leviticus 5:4-5, (P), with ב in or through Ezekiel 22:4; Hosea 13:1.
3 be held guilty, bear punishment Psalm 34:22; Psalm 34:23; Proverbs 30:10; Isaiah 24:6; Jeremiah 2:3; Hosea 5:15; 10:2; 14:1; Zechariah 11:5; Ezekiel 6:6 (but compare שָׁמֵם).
Niph`al נֶאְשָׁמוּ suffer punishment Joel 1:18 (si vera lectio; Me We and others נָשַׁמּוּ, √ שׁמם, compare Dron the passage).
Hiph`il Imperfect suffix הַאֲשִׁימֵם declare them guilty Psalm 5:11.