אַשְׁמָה
ash.mah
“guiltiness”
Definition
guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of asin-offering
feminine of H817 (אָשָׁם);
- guiltiness, guilt, offense, sin, wrong-doing 1a) doing wrong, committing a trespass or offense 1b) becoming guilty, guilt 1c) bringing a guilt-offering
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אַשְׁמָה appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
And 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?
but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
and 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.
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