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title: בַּרְזִלַּי — Barzillai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּרְזִלַּי (1271), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Barzillai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּרְזִלַּי

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«בַּרְזִלַּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Barzillai** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 1271 · **BDB:** בַּרְזִלַּי

### Glosses

Barzillai (6); of.Barzillai (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Barzillai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1271/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1271/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (man of iron no adj. from names of metals; perhaps Aramaic, and בַּר = son, NesZPV xv. 257; AJSL, Apr. 1897, 173) a Gileadite 2 S 17:27; 19:32, 33, 35, 40 1 K 2:7; בַּרְזִלָּי֑ 2 S 19:34; Ezr 2:61 = Ne 7:63 בְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִבְּנוֹת בַּרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל־שְׁמָם, where 2nd Barzillai = above, \& former is a priest Ezr 2:61 = Ne 7:63, who adopted name בַּרְזִלַּי. 2 S 21:8 a Meholathite.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּרְזִלַּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1271/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 19:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.34/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־בַּרְזִלָּ֑י אַתָּה֙ עֲבֹ֣ר אִתִּ֔י וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥י אֹתְךָ֛ עִמָּדִ֖י בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the king to Barzillai you pass.over with me and I.will.supply you with me in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.'

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[2 Samuel 19:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.35/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר בַּרְזִלַּ֖י אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כַּמָּ֗ה יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י כִּי־אֶעֱלֶ֥ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Barzillai to the king how many? \[are\].the.days of.the.years my.life my (cmp) I.will.go.up with the king Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And Barzillai said unto the king: 'How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

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