אַשְׁמָה

ash.mah

guiltiness

Strong’s H819Noun, feminine19 times in the Hebrew Bible

guilt14

the guilt of4

are guilt1

In the text

Leviticus 4:3לְאַשְׁמַת
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
1 Chronicles 21:3לְאַשְׁמָה
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
2 Chronicles 24:18בְּאַשְׁמָתָם
They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
Ezra 9:6וְאַשְׁמָתֵנוּ
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Psalm 69:5וְאַשְׁמוֹתַי
You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
Amos 8:14בְּאַשְׁמַת
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”

אַשְׁמָה n.f. wrong-doing, guiltiness

1. doing wrong, committing a trespass of offence

2. becoming guilty

3. bringing a trespass-offering

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.