H0294 H0294
Ahisamach (personal name: 'my brother has supported')
The name means 'my brother has supported' and identifies the father of Oholiab, who alongside Bezalel was gifted by God to craft the tabernacle furnishings. While Bezalel descended from Judah, Ahisamach's son came from the tribe of Dan, demonstrating that God's Spirit empowered artisans across tribal lines. The name itself reflects the common Israelite practice of embedding theological affirmations into personal names, celebrating family solidarity under God.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ahisamach appears only as the father of Oholiab in Exodus 31:6, 35:34, and 38:23, where his son is repeatedly identified as a divinely skilled craftsman. The emphasis on patronymic identification ('son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan') underscores the importance of lineage in Israel's communal memory. Though Ahisamach himself is not described, his name lived on through his son's extraordinary contribution to Israel's worship life. 3×
AR["أَخيساماكَ", "أَخِيسَامَاكَ"]·ben["অহীষামকের", "অহীসামক", "অহীসামকের"]·DE["Ahisamach"]·EN["Ahisamach"]·FR["Ahisamach"]·heb["אחיסמך"]·HI["अहीसामाक", "अहीसामाक-का"]·ID["Ahisamakh"]·IT["Ahisamach"]·jav["Ahisamakh"]·KO["아히사막의"]·PT["'Achisamakh", "'Ahisamakh"]·RU["Ахисамаха"]·ES["Ajisamak"]·SW["Ahisamaki"]·TR["Ahisamak'ın"]·urd["اخیسماک-کا", "اخیسمک"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲחִיסָמָךְ n.pr.m. (my brother has supported) father of Oholiab, a workman on tabern. Ex 31:6; 35:34; 38:23.