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Heman — proper name meaning 'faithful,' a Levitical musician-sage and head of a temple music guild
A proper name meaning 'faithful' or 'trustworthy,' from the root 'aman. The primary figure is the Levitical singer Heman son of Joel, grandson of Samuel, whom David appointed as head of one of three temple music guilds alongside Asaph and Ethan/Jeduthun (1 Chr 6:33; 15:17-19; 16:41-42; 25:1-6). He is called 'the king's seer' (1 Chr 25:5) and credited with Psalm 88's superscription as 'Heman the Ezrahite.' First Kings 4:31 names him among the sages whose wisdom Solomon surpassed, there seemingly identified as a 'son of Mahol' and son of Zerah of Judah (1 Chr 2:6) — possibly the same figure or a namesake. The Aramaic cognate mehêman ('trustworthy') confirms the name's meaning.
Senses
1. Heman (Levitical musician/sage) — The proper name Heman (הֵימָן, 'faithful'), referring primarily to the Kohathite Levite appointed as chief musician under David, head of one of three temple worship guilds alongside Asaph and Ethan (1 Chr 15:17, 19; 25:1-6). Cross-linguistic renderings are consistent (eng: Heman, spa: Hemán, fra: Héman, deu: Heman). Also identified as 'the Ezrahite' in the superscription of Psalm 88 and listed among sages surpassed by Solomon (1 Kgs 4:31). His fourteen sons were appointed as temple musicians (1 Chr 25:4-5), underscoring his dynastic musical legacy. 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)
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
† 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…