Lexical Definition

‎אָשֵׁם‎ ʼâshêm (aw-shame') guilty ^H:A
from ‎אָשַׁם‎

one which is faulty, guilty.

• guilty
• hence, presenting asin-offering

1) guilty, faulty (and obliged to offer a guilt-offering)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָשֵׁם‎ adjective guilty, ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute 2Sam 14:13 plural ‎אֲשֵׁמִים‎ ‎אֶלאָֿחִינוּ‎ Gen 42:21 (E); guilty, and so bound to offer a trespass-offering Ezra 10:19 but read probably ‎וַאֲשָׁמָם‎, so Kue^{Chronol. see h. Perzische Tijdvak, 1890, 43}.

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