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title: עֶזְרָא — Ezra · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עֶזְרָא (lemma:עֶזְרָא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: Ezra. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Ezra. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶזְרָא

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«עֶזְרָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **Ezra** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:עֶזְרָא · **BDB:** עֶזְרָא

### Glosses

Ezra (2); O.Ezra (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ezra [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5d6_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Ezra [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5d6_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ezra (BH id.);—Ezr 7:12, 21, 25.

### Jastrow 1903

עֶזְרָא: Ezra [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5d6_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (b. h.) pr. n. m. Ezra, 1) the priest and scribe. the priest and scribe. Succ. 20ᵃ כשנשתכחה … עלה ע׳ מבבל ויסדה when the Law was forgotten in Israel, Ezra came from Babylonia and re-established it. Ber. 27ᵇ; Men. 53ᵃ עשירי לע׳ a descendant of Ezra in the tenth generation. Meg. 15ᵃ מלאכי זה ע׳ Malachi is Ezra; a. v. fr.—(ספר) ע׳ the Book of Ezra (and Nehemiah). B. Bath. 14ᵇ.—\[M. Kat. III, 4 (18ᵇ) ספר ע׳, v. עֲזָרָה.\] name of several Amoraim. Men. l. c.—Y. Erub. II, beg. 19ᵈ. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᶜ top עֶזְרָה; a. fr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶזְרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5d6_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.12/)

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אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א לְעֶזְרָ֣א כָ֠הֲנָא סָפַ֨ר דָּתָ֜א דִּֽי־אֱלָ֧הּ שְׁמַיָּ֛א גְּמִ֖יר וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃

*Word for word:* Artaxerxes the.king of.(the) kings to Ezra the priest the.scribe of the.law (diy).of the.God of the.heavens perfect and now

*JPS 1917:* 'Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and so forth.

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[Ezra 7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.21/)

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וּ֠מִנִּי אֲנָ֞ה אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא מַלְכָּא֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְכֹל֙ גִּזַּֽבְרַיָּ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה דִּ֣י כָל־דִּ֣י יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן עֶזְרָ֨א כָהֲנָ֜ה סָפַ֤ר דָּתָא֙ דִּֽי־אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃

*Word for word:* and from me I Artaxerxes the king it.is.made a.decree to all the treasurers who \[are\].in the.region.beyond the river (diy).that all that he will.ask.you.for Ezra the priest the.scribe of the.law (diy).of the.God of the.heavens diligently let.it.be.done

*JPS 1917:* And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

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