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title: חֶצְרַי — Hezro · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶצְרַי (2695), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Hezro. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶצְרַי

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«חֶצְרַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hezro** — 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:** 2695 · **BDB:** חֶצְרוֹ

### Glosses

Hezrai (1); Hezro (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hezro [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2695/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2695/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (n.pr.m. cf. Sab. n.pr.m. חצֿר DHMEpigr. Denkm. 56)—one of David’s heroes, called the Carmelite, חצרו 2 S 23:35 Kt (חֶצְרַי Qr; 𝔊 Ασαραι) = חֶצְרוֹ 1 Ch 11:37 𝔊 Ησεραι, Ασαραι, Εσρει.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶצְרַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2695/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.35/)

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חֶצְרַי֙ הַֽכַּרְמְלִ֔י פַּעֲרַ֖י הָאַרְבִּֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hezrai the Carmelite Paarai the Arbite

*JPS 1917:* Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite;

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[1 Chronicles 11:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.37/)

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חֶצְרוֹ֙ הַֽכַּרְמְלִ֔י נַעֲרַ֖י בֶּן־אֶזְבָּֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hezro the Carmelite Naarai the.son of.Ezbai

*JPS 1917:* Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai;

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