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אָסִיף

𐤀𐤎𐤉𐤐

ʼâçîyph

H614 noun

SILEX Entry

Root אָסף to gather, collect, bring together

Definition

Gathering, especially the collection or harvest of agricultural produce at the end of the growing season. Refers primarily to the act or season of bringing in crops that have matured, particularly in the late summer or autumn. Also occurs in liturgical contexts as the term for the festival marking the end of the agricultural year.

Semantic Range

gathering-in of crops, harvest, season of harvest, autumnal ingathering festival (Feast of Ingathering/Sukkot)

Root / Etymology

From the root אָסַף (אסף), meaning 'to gather, collect, assemble.' The noun אָסִיף (asif) denotes the result or act of that root activity, specifically referring to the agricultural gathering.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In biblical usage, אָסִיף refers both to the general agricultural practice of harvesting gathered crops and, more specifically, to the festival celebrated after the harvest, known as the 'Feast of Ingathering.' This event marks the completion of the yearly cycle of agricultural labor for the ancient Israelites and is connected to the autumn harvest (Exod 23:16; 34:22). In Priestly and Deuteronomic traditions it is correlated with the Sukkot (Booths) festival, highlighting both the agrarian and ritual aspects of the term. Unlike the general root sense of 'gathering,' אָסִיף in this noun form almost exclusively refers to this seasonal harvest context, not to social gatherings or assemblies. English translations such as 'ingathering' or 'harvest-home' sometimes obscure the close connection with the agricultural year and the associated Israelite festival calendar. Later Hebrew and Jewish tradition preserves the term as the biblical designation for Sukkot, though the focus shifts to the liturgical commemoration rather than the agricultural process.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

or אָסִף; from אָסַף; gathered, i.e. (abstractly) a gathering in of crops; ingathering.

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Root Family

אסף (ʾ-s-p) — gather, collect, assemble, bring together

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H43 אֶבְיָסָף Father-has-gathered
H622 אָסַף he gathered
H623 אָסָף he gathered
H624 אָסֻף in the gathered-storehouses of
H625 אֹסֶף like ingatherings of

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H614-01 הָֽ/אָסִף֙ haasif HTd/Ncmsa of-ingathering the ingathering 2

Occurrences in Scripture

2 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H614-01 Exodus 23:16 הָֽ/אָסִף֙ haasif HTd/Ncmsa of-ingathering the ingathering
H614-01 Exodus 34:22 הָֽ/אָסִ֔יף haasif HTd/Ncmsa of-Ingathering the ingathering
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