🔼The name Asaiah: Summary
- Meaning
- Yah Has Made
- Etymology
- From (1) the verb עשה ('asa), to do or make, and (2) יה (yah), the shortened name of the Lord.
🔼The name Asaiah in the Bible
The name Asaiah is assigned to five different men in the Bible:
- The first Asaiah we meet is a family leader of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:36).
- The second is a son of Haggiah, descendants of Merari of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:30).
- This last Asaiah is possibly the same as the one(s) mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:6 and 15:11, but not the same as the next one:
- The Asaiah mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:5.
- Finally, there is Asaiah the servant of king Josiah, who is part of the contingent that is to establish the value of a scroll found in the temple. The group ends up in the house of Huldah the prophetess (2 Kings 22:12).
🔼Etymology of the name Asaiah
The name Asaiah comes from the verb עשה ('asa), meaning to do or make:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עשה
The verb עשה ('asa) means to do, make happen or work with. Noun מעשה (ma'aseh) means deed, act, work, doing, making and so on.
The inserted letter י (yod) ostensibly creates the familiar יה, which would immediately be recognized as a truncated form of יהוה (YHWH), the Name of the Lord. This appellation may be regarded as being superimposed on the verb, swallowing up the second ה.
🔼Asaiah meaning
For a meaning of the name Asaiah, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Has Made. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Made Of Jehovah.