Asaph ~ አሳፍ: Convener or collector / EBD; the name “Asaph” means who gathers together / HBN, (1 ዜና 6፡39)
The name ‘Asaph’ is derived from ‘A’Sef’ (አ’ሰፍ) ፥ the meaning is ‘increased, multiplied, reproduced’/ Ibid.
A Levite; one of the leaders of David's choir, “And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand ...” (1 Chr 6:39)
The other person with the same name: The "keeper of the king's forest," to whom Nehemiah requested from Artaxerxes a "letter" that he might give him timber for the temple at Jerusalem (Neh 2:8)
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አሳፍ ~Asaph: አሰፍ፣ አሰፋ፣ አበዛ፣ ተራባ፣ ቁጥሩና ግዛቱ ጨመረ ማለት ነው።

‘ሰፋ’ ከሚለው ቃል የመጣ ስም ነው።

የበራክያ ልጅ፥ “በቀኙም የቆመ ወንድሙ አሳፍ ነበረ አሳፍም የበራክያ ልጅ፥” (1 ዜና 6፡39) ፣ (ነህ 2:8)


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