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title: זֵתַר — Zethar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵתַר (2242), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Zethar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵתַר

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«זֵתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zethar** — 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:** 2242 · **BDB:** זֵתַר

### Glosses

Zethar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zethar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2242/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2242/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. an eunuch of Ahasuerus Est 1:10 (Opp Esth. 25 comp. Pers. zaitar, conqueror).

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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 (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 «זֵתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2242/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.10/)

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בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י כְּט֥וֹב לֵב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בַּיָּ֑יִן אָמַ֡ר לִ֠מְהוּמָן בִּזְּתָ֨א חַרְבוֹנָ֜א בִּגְתָ֤א וַאֲבַגְתָא֙ זֵתַ֣ר וְכַרְכַּ֔ס שִׁבְעַת֙ הַסָּ֣רִיסִ֔ים הַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔ים אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃

*Word for word:* on the day (the) seventh just as.was.good the.heart of the.king by the wine he.said to Mehuman Biztha Harbona Bigtha and Abagtha Zethar and Carcas the.seven the eunuchs \[who\] served (et) the.presence of the.king Ahasuerus

*JPS 1917:* On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Bizzetha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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