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ʿăśāhʾēl עֲשָׂהאֵל ‘Asahel’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿāśā עָשָׂה ‘to make / to press’ and ʾēl אֵל ‘god’
Roots: עשׂה אל

ʿăśāhʾēl pr n m pers
Asahel = "God-made"
1) nephew of David, son of David's sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him
2) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law
3) a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple
4) a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 2:32, 2:21, 2:18, 3:30, 2:19, 2:20, 2:22, 2:23, 3:27, 23:24 Ezra 10:15 1 Chronicles 2:16, 11:26, 27:7 2 Chronicles 17:8, 31:13

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