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title: אִגֶּרֶת — letter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִגֶּרֶת (107), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: letter. BDB 1906: n.f. letter, letter-missive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִגֶּרֶת

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«אִגֶּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **letter** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 107 · **BDB:** אִגֶּ֫רֶת

### Glosses

letters (5); a.letter (2); the.letter (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

letter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/107/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. letter, letter-missive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/107/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. letter, letter-missive (late, prob. loan-word, As. egirtu DlW)—abs. Ne 2:8 + 2 textual; cstr. Est 9:29; pl. אִגְּרוֹת abs. 2 Ch 30:1 + 3 textual; cstr. Ne 2:9; אִגְּרֹתֵיהֶם Ne 6:17—letter, especially royal letter 2 Ch 30:1, 6 Ne 2:7, 8, 9; but also others Ne 6:5, 17, 19 Es 9:26, 29 (‖ סֵפֶר vv 20, 30; other syn. מִכְתָּב, נִשְׁתְּוָן q.v.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִגֶּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/107/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.5/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ אֵלַ֨י סַנְבַלַּ֜ט כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה פַּ֥עַם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית אֶֽת־נַעֲר֑וֹ וְאִגֶּ֥רֶת פְּתוּחָ֖ה בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent to me Sanballat according to the.manner (the) this a.time fifth (et) servant his and a.letter open \[was\].in hand his

*JPS 1917:* Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

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[Nehemiah 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.17/)

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גַּ֣ם ׀ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם מַרְבִּ֞ים חֹרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ אִגְּרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם הוֹלְכ֖וֹת עַל־טוֹבִיָּ֑ה וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה בָּא֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* also in the days (the) those \[were\].multiplying the.nobles of.Judah letters their \[which.were\].going to Tobiah and.\[those\] which \[belonged\].to Tobiah \[were\].coming to them

*JPS 1917:* Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

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