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title: בֵּסַי — Besai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֵּסַי (1153), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Besai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּסַי

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«בֵּסַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Besai** — 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:** 1153 · **BDB:** בֵּסַי

### Glosses

of.Besai (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Besai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1153/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1153/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. head of a family of Nethinim, בְּנֵי־בֵסַי Ne 7:52 = ב׳־בֵסָ֑י Ezr 2:49.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֵּסַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1153/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.49/)

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בְּנֵי־עֻזָּ֥א בְנֵי־פָסֵ֖חַ בְּנֵ֥י בֵסָֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Uzzah the.descendants of.Paseah the.descendants of.Besai

*JPS 1917:* the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai;

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[Nehemiah 7:52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.52/)

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בְּנֵי־בֵסַ֥י בְּנֵי־מְעוּנִ֖ים בְּנֵ֥י נְפִֽישְׁסִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Besai the.descendants of.Meunim the.descendants of.Nephissim

*JPS 1917:* the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim;

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