Brown-Driver-Briggs
הֵימָן proper name, masculine Heman (
faithful, compare Aramaic
מְהֵימָן,
) a wise man with whom Solomon is compared
1 Kings 5:11, where app. son of Mahol (Klo
sons of the dance); named with 3 others, one being Ethan the Ezrahite;
1 Chronicles 2:6 a Heman is named with same 3+1 other, & all called sons of Zerah of Judah; Heman appears
Psalm 88:1 also as the Ezrahite (see below
זרח), compare Ethan above; in other passages Heman is a Levite; specifically Kohathite, son of Joel, called
the singer (
הַמְשׁוֺרֵר)
1 Chronicles 6:18 ("" Asaph v.1 Chronicles 6:24, Ethan v.1 Chronicles 6:29); Heman, Asaph & Ethan named as the singers (
הַמְשֹׁרְרִים)
1 Chronicles 15:17,19; compare Heman & Jeduthun
1 Chronicles 16:41,42 ("" Asaph
1 Chronicles 16:37); Heman, Asaph & Jeduthun
1 Chronicles 25:6; 2Chronicles 5:12; 35:15; elsewhere
בְּנֵי אָ סָף וְהֵימָן וִידוּתוּן 1 Chronicles 25:1 compare
1 Chronicles 25:4;
1 Chronicles 25:4;
1 Chronicles 25:5;
1 Chronicles 25:5;
בְּנֵי הֵימָן2Chronicles 29:14 (""
בְּנֵי ידוּתוּן); — 2 Chronicles 25:5 Heman is called
חֹזֵה הַמֶּלָח בְּדִבְ רֵי הַאֱלֹהִים (compare Asaph 2 Chronicles 29:30, Jeduthun 2 Chronicles 35:15). — On question of identity of Heman in these various connections, see Thes Comm.
הֵימָן proper name see אמן.