Senses
1. Heman (Levitical musician/sage) — A proper name referring primarily to the Levitical musician and singer appointed by David, son of Joel and grandson of Samuel, head of one of the three temple music guilds (1 Chronicles 6, 15, 16, 25; 2 Chronicles 5, 29, 35). Also the Ezrahite sage mentioned alongside Ethan in 1 Kings 5:11 (Eng 4:31) and the Psalm 88 superscription. All 17 occurrences share the same name form regardless of prefix (and, of, to). Eng 'Heman', spa 'Heman', hin 'Heman', arb 'Hayman', kor 'Heman', swa 'Hemani'. 17×
AR["لِ-هَيمَانَ","لِهَيمَانَ","لِهَيْمَانَ","هيمان","هَيمَانَ","هَيْمَانَ","هَيْمَانُ","وَ-هيمان","وَ-هَيمَانَ","وَ-هَيمَانُ","وَ-هَيْمَانَ","وَهَيمَانَ"]·ben["আর-হেমন","এথন","ও-হেমন","ও-হেমান","হেমন","হেমনকে","হেমনের","হেমনের-জন্য","হেমান-জন্য"]·DE["Heman","und-Heman","von-Heman"]·EN["Heiman","Heman","and-Heman","for-Heman","of-Heman","to-Heman","to-Heyman"]·FR["Héman","et-Heman","et-Héman","à-hélas"]·heb["הימן","ו-הימן","ל-הימן"]·HI["और-हेमान","के-लिए-हेमान","को-हेमान","हेमन-के","हेमान","हेमान-के","हेमान-के-लिए","हेमान-को"]·ID["Heman","bagi-Heman","dan-Heman","kepada-Heman"]·IT["Heman","[להימן]","e-Heman"]·jav["Dhateng-Héman","Hèman","Héman","dhateng-Héman","kanggé-Héman","lan-Hèman","lan-Héman"]·KO["그-와-헤만","그리고-헄만의","그리고-헤만","그리고-헤만과","에게-헤만","헤만","헤만-의","헤만의"]·PT["Heman","Para-Heman","de-Hemã","e-Heiman","e-Heman","para-Heman"]·RU["Емана","Хейман","Хеймана","Хеман","Хемана","Хеману","и-Гемана","и-Хейман","и-Хемана"]·ES["Heman","Hemán","Para-Hemán","a-Hemán","de-Heman","de-Hemán","y-Heman","y-Hemán"]·SW["Hemani","kwa-Hemani","na-Hemani","wa-Hemani","wheyman","ya-Hemani"]·TR["Heman","Heman'a","Heman'ı","Heman'ın","ve-Heman","ve-Heman'ın"]·urd["اور-ہیمان","لِ-ہیمان","و-ہیمان","ہیمان","ہیمان-کو","ہیمان-کے","ہیمان-کے-لیے"]
1 Kgs 4:31, 1 Chr 2:6, 1 Chr 6:33, 1 Chr 15:17, 1 Chr 15:19, 1 Chr 16:41, 1 Chr 16:42, 1 Chr 25:1, 1 Chr 25:4, 1 Chr 25:4, 1 Chr 25:5, 1 Chr 25:5 (+5 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הֵימָן n.pr.m. Heman (faithful, cf. Aramaic מְהֵימָן, ܡܗܰܝܡܰܢ ) a wise man with whom Solomon is compared 1 K 5:11, where app. son of Mahol (Klo sons of the dance); named with 3 others, one being Ethan the Ezrahite; 1 Ch 2:6 a Heman is named with same 3 + 1 other, & all called sons of Zerah of Judah; Heman appears ψ 88:1 also as the Ezrahite (v. sub זרח), cf. Ethan supr.; in other passages Heman…