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Heman the Ezrahite (Hebrew: הֵימָן הָאֶזְרָחִי Hēmān hā’Ezrāḥī) is the author of Psalm 88 in the Hebrew Bible, according to the Psalm's colophon.
B. Bava Batra connects the name Heman to the semitic root אמנ (ʔ-m-n) meaning "trusted,"[1] while CYDA speculates it is from נתן (n-t-n) and means "given."[2] It is found sixteen times in the New International Version of the Bible.[3] The ethnonym is sometimes understood to mean "of Zerah," with the aleph prosthetic,[4] to mean "of Ezrah," or, alternatively, to mean "the native" who founded a tradition of bards.[5]
Heman the Ezrahite may be one of the three Levites assigned by King David to be ministers of music. This Heman was a grandson of Samuel the prophet[6] who went on to become King David's seer and to have fourteen sons and three daughters.[7]
- ^ "Bava Batra 15a:10". Sefaria.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "Chomat Anakh on I Kings 5:11:1". Sefaria.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "BibleGateway.com - Keyword Search". Biblegateway.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Rashi on Psalms 88:1:4". Sefaria.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "Ibn Ezra on Psalms 88:1:2". Sefaria.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ 1 Chronicles 6:33–34
- ^ 1 Chronicles 25:5