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Genesis 42:17
“And he put them all together into ward three days.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָסַףʼâçaph · aw-saf'
H622 · Hebrew
H622 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 202 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:21Genesis 25:8Genesis 25:17Genesis 29:3Genesis 29:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָסַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.