Heman

Hee´muhn; Heb., “faithful”

1 A grandson of Jacob and son of Zerah (1Chr 2:6). 2 A wise man in the time of Solomon (1Kgs 4:31). 3 A grandson of Samuel and son of Joel, whom David put in charge of the service of song (1Chr 6:31-33). He is identified as the “singer” and, as the first in the list of three appointed by David, may have been the chief musician. Ps 88 is probably attributed to him.