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title: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן — satraps · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (323), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: satraps. BDB 1906: n.m.pl. satraps. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן

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«אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **satraps** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 323 · **BDB:** אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִים

### Glosses

satraps (2); the.satraps (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

satraps [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/323/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl. satraps [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/323/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. satraps (Pers. Khshatřapâvan, protectors of the realm, v. SpiegAPK 215 = ἐξατράπης, σατράπης, cf. Lag G. Abh. 68, 14; Sem. i. 42f, who rds אַחְשַׁדְרְפָן)—א׳ Est 8:9; 9:3; cstr. אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי 3:12 Ezr 8:36.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/323/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 8:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.36/)

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וַֽיִּתְּנ֣וּ ׀ אֶת־דָּתֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּפַחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר וְנִשְּׂא֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם וְאֶת־בֵּֽית־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.gave (et) the.decrees of the.king to the.satraps of the.king and the.governors of.the.other.side of the.River and they.supported (et) the people and (et) the.house of.(the) God

*JPS 1917:* And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River; and they furthered the people and the house of God.

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[Esther 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.3/)

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וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים וְהַפַּח֗וֹת וְעֹשֵׂ֤י הַמְּלָאכָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים כִּֽי־נָפַ֥ל פַּֽחַד־מָרְדֳּכַ֖י עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and all the.officials of the.provinces and the satraps and the governors and the.doers of the.work which \[belonged\].to the king \[were\].supporting (et) the Jews (dm) it.had.fallen the.dread of.Mordecai on them

*JPS 1917:* And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.

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