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title: הֲנָחָה — a giving of rest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֲנָחָה (2010), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a giving of rest. BDB 1906: n.f. giving of rest holiday-making Hiph. A;). With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֲנָחָה

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«הֲנָחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a giving of rest** — 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:** 2010 · **BDB:** הֲנָחָה²

### Glosses

a.holiday (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a giving of rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2010/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. giving of rest holiday-making Hiph. A;) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2010/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a giving of rest, i.e. perhaps holiday-making (cf. jwn Hiph. A;) proposes Inf., Sta§ 621 c BaNB 90, cf. Köii. 1, 402;—וַה׳ לַמְּדִינוֹת עָשָׂה Est 2:18 and a holiday-making for the provinces be enacted, 𝔙 requies; but 𝔊 ἄφεσις, whence al. release from taxes, or amnesty.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֲנָחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2010/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.18/)

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וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה גָד֗וֹל לְכָל־שָׂרָיו֙ וַעֲבָדָ֔יו אֵ֖ת מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה אֶסְתֵּ֑ר וַהֲנָחָ֤ה לַמְּדִינוֹת֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֥ן מַשְׂאֵ֖ת כְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.made the king a.feast great for all officials his and servants his (et) the.feast of.Esther and a.holiday for the provinces he.made and he.gave present\[s\] according to.the.hand of the.king

*JPS 1917:* Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

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