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title: זַכַּי — Zaccai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַכַּי (2140), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Zaccai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַכַּי

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«זַכַּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zaccai** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2140 · **BDB:** זַכַּי

### Glosses

of.Zaccai (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zaccai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2140/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2140/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. head of a family of returned exiles, זַכָּ֔י Ezr 2:9 (𝔊 Ζακχου, 𝔊L Ζακχαιου) = Ne 7:14 (𝔊 Ζαθου, A Ζακχουρ, 𝔊L Ζακχαιου); perhaps = זַכַּי Ne 3:20 q.v.; 𝔊 Ζαβ(ρ)ου, 𝔊L Ραββαι. Nes (privately) suggests that this might be abbrev. from זכריה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «זַכַּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2140/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.9/)

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בְּנֵ֣י זַכָּ֔י שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Zaccai seven hundred(s) and sixty

*JPS 1917:* The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

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[Nehemiah 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.14/)

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בְּנֵ֣י זַכָּ֔י שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְשִׁשִּֽׁים׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Zaccai seven hundred(s) and sixty

*JPS 1917:* The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

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