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title: בִּיתָן — house · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּיתָן (1055), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: house. BDB 1906: house, palace. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּיתָן

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«בִּיתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **house** — 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:** 1055 · **BDB:** בִּיתָן

### Glosses

the.palace (2); of.the.palace (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

house [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1055/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

house, palace [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1055/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] house, palace—abs. הַבִּיתָן Est 7:7, 8 (גִּנַּת הב׳) cstr. בִּיתַן Est 1:5 (גִּנַּת ב׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ), all garden of בּ׳; according to DieulafoyRÉJ 1888, cclxxvii. throne-room, syn. of apadâna in meaning, but cf. אַפֶּדֶן.

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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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּיתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1055/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.5/)

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וּבִמְל֣וֹאת ׀ הַיָּמִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה עָשָׂ֣ה הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ לְכָל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצְאִים֩ בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ן הַבִּירָ֜ה לְמִגָּ֧דוֹל וְעַד־קָטָ֛ן מִשְׁתֶּ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים בַּחֲצַ֕ר גִּנַּ֥ת בִּיתַ֖ן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and when were.completed the days (the) these he.made the king for all the people \[who were\].found in Susa the citadel (to) from great and unto insignificant a.feast seven days in the.courtyard of.the.garden of.the.palace of the.king

*JPS 1917:* And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the castle, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

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[Esther 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.7/)

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וְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ קָ֤ם בַּחֲמָתוֹ֙ מִמִּשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֔יִן אֶל־גִּנַּ֖ת הַבִּיתָ֑ן וְהָמָ֣ן עָמַ֗ד לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ עַל־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ מֵֽאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה כִּ֣י רָאָ֔ה כִּֽי־כָלְתָ֥ה אֵלָ֛יו הָרָעָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and the king he.rose.up in rage his from the.feast of.(the) wine into the.garden of the.palace and Haman he.remained to seek on life his from Esther the queen (dm) he.saw (dm).that it.was.determined against him (the) harm from with the king

*JPS 1917:* And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman remained to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

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