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title: בֵּלְאשַׁצַּר — Belshazzar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֵּלְאשַׁצַּר (1112), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Belshazzar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּלְאשַׁצַּר

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«בֵּלְאשַׁצַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Belshazzar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1112 · **BDB:** בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר

### Glosses

of.Belshazzar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Belshazzar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1112/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1112/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Bêl-šar-uṣur, Bel, protect the king COT Dn 5:1) Dn 8:1; represented as king of Babylon, successor, and appar. son of Nebucharezzar (5:1, 2, 11 etc.); in cuneif. inscr. known only as prince, son of Nabonidus (last Shemitic king of Babylon), v. COT l.c.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «בֵּלְאשַׁצַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1112/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.1/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁל֔וֹשׁ לְמַלְכ֖וּת בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֣ר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ חָז֞וֹן נִרְאָ֤ה אֵלַי֙ אֲנִ֣י דָנִיֵּ֔אל אַחֲרֵ֛י הַנִּרְאָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י בַּתְּחִלָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* in year three of the.reign of.Belshazzar the king a.vision it.appeared to me I Daniel after the.\[one\] which.it.appeared to me at the beginning

*JPS 1917:* In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.

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