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title: בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר — Belteshazzar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר (1095), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Belteshazzar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר

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«בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Belteshazzar** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1095 · **BDB:** בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר

### Glosses

Belteshazzar (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Belteshazzar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1095/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1095/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Dn 1:7, בֵּלְטְאשַׁצַּר֑ Dn 10:1 (prob. = Bab. balâṭsu-uṣur, protect his life! COT Dn 1:7 Dl in BD Dn. p. ix; HoffmZA 1887, 56 conj. אצר בלט שׁ\[ר\] Balaṭ (= god Saturn?) protect the king!—Dn 4:5 conn. with Bel, but name then inexplicable), name given to Daniel by Neb.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1095/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.7/)

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וַיָּ֧שֶׂם לָהֶ֛ם שַׂ֥ר הַסָּרִיסִ֖ים שֵׁמ֑וֹת וַיָּ֨שֶׂם לְדָֽנִיֵּ֜אל בֵּ֣לְטְשַׁאצַּ֗ר וְלַֽחֲנַנְיָה֙ שַׁדְרַ֔ךְ וּלְמִֽישָׁאֵ֣ל מֵישַׁ֔ךְ וְלַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה עֲבֵ֥ד נְגֽוֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְגֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.assigned to them the.chief of the.officials names and he.assigned to Daniel Belteshazzar and to Hananiah Shadrach and to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abednego Abednego

*JPS 1917:* And the chief of the officers gave names unto them: unto Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.

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[Daniel 10:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.1/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁל֗וֹשׁ לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס דָּבָר֙ נִגְלָ֣ה לְדָֽנִיֵּ֔אל אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר וֶאֱמֶ֤ת הַדָּבָר֙ וְצָבָ֣א גָד֔וֹל וּבִין֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֔ר וּבִ֥ינָה ל֖וֹ בַּמַּרְאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* in year three of Cyrus the.king of.Persia a.word it.was.revealed to Daniel whom it.had.been.called name his Belteshazzar and.\[was\] truth the word and a.war great and he.understood (et) the word and understanding \[belonged\].to him by the vision

*JPS 1917:* In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the word was true, even a great warfare; and he gave heed to the word, and had understanding of the vision.

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