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HEMAN

(Heb. hêmān) (also HOMAM)

1. A Horite descendent of Esau, and son of Lotan (Gen. 36:22 NRSV, following LXX). The MT and most versions read more correctly Heman. In the parallel genealogy in 1 Chr. 1:39 the name is vocalized as Homam.

2. A famous wise man, son of Mahol, whose wisdom was surpassed by Solomon’s (1 Kgs. 4:31[MT 5:11]). William F. Albright suggested the epithet “the Ezrahite” (Ps. 88 superscription[1]) designates a member of a pre-Israelite family, and “sons of Mahol” refers to an orchestral guild. In 1 Chr. 2:6 he is called a descendant of Zerah, Judah’s son by his daughter-in-law Tamar (cf. Gen. 38:30).

3. One of the sons of Joel and the grandson of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:33[18]). He is identified as a singer (Heb. hamšôrēr), and was one of the three Levites David appointed over the “service of the song” (1 Chr. 6:31[16]). He is also called the “king’s seer,” and with his 14 sons he prophesied with lyres, harps, and cymbals during David’s reign (1 Chr. 25:1, 4-6).

Tyler F. Williams

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HEMAN

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)