אָשַׁם
a.sham
“be guilty”
Definition
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
or אָשֵׁם; a primitive root;
- to offend, be guilty, trespass 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do wrong, offend, trespass, commit an offense, do injury 1a2) to be or become guilty 1a3) to be held guilty 1a4) to be incriminated 1b) (Niphal) to suffer punishment 1c) (Hiphil) to declare guilty 2) (TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense
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Occurrences
אָשַׁם appears 27 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
Their hearts are devious;now they must bear their guilt.The LORD will break down their altarsand demolish their sacred pillars.
When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.
If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,
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