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title: חַרְבֹונָה — Harbona · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַרְבֹונָה (2726), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Harbona. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַרְבֹונָה

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«חַרְבֹונָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Harbona** — 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:** 2726 · **BDB:** חַרְבוֹנָא

### Glosses

Harbona (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Harbona [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2726/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2726/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. eunuch of Ahasuerus Est 1:10 = חַרְבוֹנָה 7:9 (Pers. خربان = donkey driver, Vullers i, 668 b).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «חַרְבֹונָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2726/), 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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[Esther 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.9/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַ֠רְבוֹנָה אֶחָ֨ד מִן־הַסָּרִיסִ֜ים לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ גַּ֣ם הִנֵּה־הָעֵ֣ץ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֪ה הָמָ֟ן לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞י אֲשֶׁ֧ר דִּבֶּר־ט֣וֹב עַל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹמֵד֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָמָ֔ן גָּבֹ֖הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ תְּלֻ֥הוּ עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Harbona one of the eunuchs before the king also there! the gallows which he.has.made Haman for Mordecai who he.spoke good on the king \[is\].standing at the.house of.Haman high fifty cubit\[s\] and he.said the king hang him on it

*JPS 1917:* Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king: 'Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.' And the king said: 'Hang him thereon.'

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