ASARAMEL ə săr’ ə mĕl (̓Ασαραμέλ). A name of uncertain origin on the inscr. set up in memory of Simon and the Maccabean family (1 Macc 14:28). The KJV and RSV take it as a place name. The RSV has this note: “This word resembles the Hebrew words for the court of the people of God or the prince of the people of God.” The former would represent Heb. חֲצַר עַם אֵל, while the latter would represent Heb. שַׂר עַם אֵל. If the latter is correct it would be a title applied to Simon.