H622. asaph

אָסַף‎₂₀₀ verb gather, remove (Assyrian asâpu, Dl^{Pr 45}) —

Qal Perfect אָסַף‎ Genesis 30:23 +; אָסַפְתָּ‎ Psalm 85:4, etc.; Imperfect יֶּאֱסֹף‎ 2 Kings 5:3; יַאַסְפֵנִי‎ Psalm 27:10, etc.; also וַיֹּסֶף‎ 2 Samuel 6:1-2;masculine singular תֹּסֵף‎ Psalm 104:29; 1singular אֹסְפָה‎ Micah 4:6; so probably (suffix) אִֹספְךָ‎ 1 Samuel 15:6 (read אֹסִפְךָ‎) see Kö^{i. 382} Dr^Sm; Imperative אֱסֹף‎ Numbers 21:16 + אֶסְפָה‎ 11:16; 2feminine singular אִסְמִּי‎ Jeremiah 10:17; אִסְפוּ‎ Psalm 50:5 +; Infinitive absolute אָסֹף‎ Jeremiah 8:13 + (Hiph`il, from סוף‎ according to Ba<sup>NB 73</sup>); construct אֱסֹף‎ 2 Kings 5:7 +; אָסְמְּךָ‎ Exodus 23:16; אָסְמְּכֶם‎ Leviticus 23:39; Participle active אֹסֵף‎ Numbers 19:10; אֹסִפְךָ‎ 2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chronicles 34:28 (pointed אִֹספְךָ‎ i.e. Hiph`il; compare Kö^l.c.); אֹסְפָם‎ Psalm 39:7; passive plural construct אֲסֻפֵי‎ Ezekiel 34:29; —

1 gather, collect (a) persons Genesis 29:22; 42:17 (followed by אֶלֿ‎) Exodus 3:16; 4:29; Numbers 11:16, 24; 21:16; Joshua 2:18 (followed by אֶלֿ‎ + הֿ‎ locative) 24:1 (followed by הֿ‎ locative; all these J E); 1 Samuel 5:8, 11; 2 Kings 23:1 (followed by אֶלֿ‎) Joshua 2:16; Isaiah 11:12; Zephaniah 3:8; Habakkuk 2:5; Ezekiel 11:17 (all "" קבץ‎) +; collect men, people, armies, etc., for fighting Numbers 21:23 (E) Judges 11:20; 1 Samuel 17:1; 2 Samuel 10:17; 12:29 +; compare Zechariah 14:2 (followed by עַלֿ‎ against); (b) once object beasts Jeremiah 12:9; (c) things, especially fruits ofearth Exodus 23:10, 16 (Cov't code) Leviticus 25:3, 20, 39 (H) Deuteronomy 11:14; 16:13; 28:38; Isaiah 17:5; Jeremiah 40:10, 12; Job 39:12; Psalm 39:7; compare Ruth 2:7 ("" לקט‎ glean); the quails Numbers 11:32 (twice in verse); food in General (מַאֲכָל‎) Genesis 6:21 (followed by אֶלֿ‎); eggs Isaiah 10:14; money 2 Kings 22:4; 2 Chronicles 24:11; ashes of red heifer Numbers 19:9-10, chariots 1 Kings 10:26; 2 Chronicles 1:14, etc.; of fisherman (בְּמִכְמַרְתּוֺ‎, in metaphor) Habakkuk 1:15; of collecting wind Proverbs 30:4 בְּחָפְנָיו׳א רֿוּחַ מִי‎.

2 gather an individual into company of others: (a) object person especially gather to one's father 2 Kings 22:20 (עַלאֲֿבֹתֶיךָ‎) = 2 Chronicles 34:28 (אֶלֿ‎; both "" Niph`al of same verb q. v. ); hence also (b) bring, object person 1 Samuel 14:52 (on form here see Dr) 2 Samuel 11:27 (both followed by אֶלֿ‎), association, responsibility, protection being implied; also of stray ox or sheep Deuteronomy 22:2 (followed by אֶלתּֿוֺח‎); hence also (c) take up, care for, subject ׳י‎ Psalm 27:10 (compare perhaps Isaiah 40:11 קבץ‎); (d) draw up the feet upon the bed (אֶלֿ‎) Genesis 49:33.

3 bring up the rear of Isaiah 58:8 י ׳כְּבוֺד יַאַסְפֶ֑ךָ‎ i.e. be thy rear-guard ("" צִדְקֶ֑ךָ לְפָנֶיךָ הָלַח‎) — 52:12 has Pi`el מְאַסִּפְכֶם‎ q. v.

4 gather and take away, remove, withdraw 1 Samuel 14:19 (object hand), Jeremiah 10:17 (bundle, followed by מִן‎), leprosy 2 Kings 5:11 (see צרע‎); compare also ׳א מִצָּרַעַת‎, remove (set free) a man from leprosy 5:3; 5:6; 5:7; Genesis 30:23; Isaiah 4:1 (reproach), Psalm 85:4 (wrath, "" הֵשִׁיב‎), Jeremiah 16:5 (peace, followed by מִן‎), Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15 (light), Psalm 26:9 (נֶפֶשׁ‎) so Judges 18:25; Psalm 104:29 (רוּחַ‎) see also Job 34:14 (followed by אֶלֿ‎); hence destroy 1 Samuel 15:6 object person); passive רָעָב אֲסֻפֵי‎ destroyed with hunger Ezekiel 34:29; also Infinitive absolute Jeremiah 8:13; Zephaniah 1:2 (joined with הֵסִיף‎ from סוף‎, see Kö^{i. 445}; considered Hiph`il Infinitive absolute by Ba^{NB 73} see above)

Niph`al Perfect נֶאֱסַף‎ Numbers 27:13 + נֶאֶסְפָה‎ Jeremiah 48:33 etc.; Imperfect יֵאָסֵף‎ Exodus 9:19 +; וַיֵּאָ֫סֶף‎ Genesis 25:8 +; יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן‎ Psalm 104:22 etc.; Imperative הֵאָסֵף‎ Deuteronomy 32:50; הֵאָֽסְפִי‎ Jeremiah 47:6; הֵאָֽסְפוּ‎ Genesis 49:1 +; Infinitive absolute הֵאָסֹף‎ 2 Samuel 17:11 (on form compare Ba^{NB 74}); construct הֵאָסֵף‎ Genesis 29:7; Numbers 12:15; Participle נֶאֱסָף‎ Genesis 49:29; נֶאֱסָפִים‎ 1 Samuel 13:11; Isaiah 13:14; נֶאְסָפִים‎ 57:1; —

1 assemble, be gathered, reflexive (a) subject men Genesis 49:1 ("" קבץ‎ 49:2), Isaiah 43:9 ("" קבץ‎), 2 Chronicles 30:3 (followed by לְ‎) 30:13 (followed by accusative of location), Ezra 3:1; 9:4; Nehemiah 8:1, 13 (all followed by אֶלֿ‎) 9:1; 12:28; earlier mostly of assembling for war Genesis 34:30 (followed by עַלֿ‎), Joshua 10:5; Judges 6:33; 9:6; 10:17 "" נצעק‎), 20:11 (followed by אֶלֿ‎) 20:14 (followed by הֿ‎ locative), 1 Samuel 13:11 (followed by accusative of location) +; (b) subject flocks, etc. Genesis 29:3 (passive; followed by שָׁמָּה‎) 29:7; 29:8 (all J); fish Numbers 11:22 (compare Habakkuk 1:25 Qal); (c) inanimate subject herbs Proverbs 27:25; water 2 Samuel 14:14 (in simile); bones for burial Jeremiah 8:2; compare 25:33 (bodies of slain) see also Ezekiel 29:5 ("" קבץ‎ which Co reads קבר‎), apparently = compose, arrange for burial. **So יֵאָסֵף‎ Job 27:19; but read probably יֹאסִף‎ = יוֺסִף‎ (Exodus 5:7), ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Ew De Di Du. 2 passive of Qal

2; (a) be gathered to one's fathers אֶלאֲֿבוֺתָיו׳נֶא‎ Judges 2:10; elsewhere to one's people אֶלעַֿמָּיו‎ (all P) Genesis 25:8, 17; 35:29 ("" וַיָּמָת וַיִּגְוַע‎) 49:29, 33 ("" גוע‎), Numbers 20:24, 26 ("" מות‎ 27:13 (twice in verse); 31:2; Deuteronomy 32:50 (twice in verse) (both "" מות‎); also אֶלקִֿבְרֹתֶיךָ‎ 2 Kings 22:20 2 Chronicles 34:28 both "" Qal q. v.); hence also (b) be brought in (into association with others, etc.) Numbers 12:14-15, (E) of Miriam, after leprosy; also reflexive betake oneself, of Moses 11:30 (E), compare 2 Samuel 17:13 (both followed by אֶלֿ‎); even with inanimate subject Jeremiah 47:6 אֶלתַּֿעְרֵח הֵאָֽסְפִי‎ (addressed to sword); of man & beast brought home (followed by הֿ‎ locative) for protection Exodus 9:19.

3 Pass. of Qal

4; be taken away, removed, perish, of men Isaiah 57:1 (twice in verse) ("" אבד‎); fish Hosea 4:3; gladness Isaiah 16:10; Jeremiah 48:33 (followed by מִן‎); also reflexive, withdraw itself, of moon Isaiah 60:20 ("" שׁמשׁ בוא‎).

Pi`el Participle מְאַסֵּף‎ Numbers 10:25 +; מְאָֽסְפָיו‎ Isaiah 62:9 (so BD see Kö ^{i. 201}); מְאַסִּפְכֶם‎ 52:12; —

1 gather harvest Isaiah 62:9 ("" קבץ‎); bodies for burial Jeremiah 9:21.

2 take in, receive into (followed by בַּיְתָה‎) Judges 19:15, 18.

3 as substantive rearguard, rearward Numbers 10:25 (P) Joshua 6:9, 13 (both E); figurative of God Isaiah 52:12.

Pu`al Perfect וְאֻסַּף‎ (cons.) Isaiah 33:4; Zechariah 14:14 etc.; Participle מְאֻסָּף‎ Ezekiel 38:12 — be gathered, of men Isaiah 24:22; Hosea 10:10 (followed by עַל‎ against), Ezekiel 38:12; booty Isaiah 33:4; wealth Zechariah 14:14.

Hithpa`el Infinitive הִתְאַסֵּף‎ Deuteronomy 33:5 gather themselves.