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title: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ — Ahasuerus · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (325), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: Ahasuerus. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Ahasuerus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

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«אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahasuerus** — 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 325 · **BDB:** אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

### Glosses

Ahasuerus (26); of.Ahasuerus (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahasuerus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/325/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Ahasuerus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/325/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ahasuerus = Xerxes (Pers. Khshayârshâ = mighty + eye or man, vid. Spiegel l.c. 216; in Aramaic חשיארש, CISII. i. 122 \[b.c. 481\]) king of Pers. Ezr 4:6 Est 1:1(×2), 2, 9, 10 + 18 textual Est + Est 10:1 Qr (Kt אחשׁרשׁ); אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ Est 1:16; 2:21; 3:12; 8:7, 10; also Dn 9:1 where made father of ‘Darius the Mede,’ cf. Meinh.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 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 «אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/325/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 10:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.10.1/)

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וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ ׀ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.put the king Ahasuerus a.tax on the land and the.islands of the.sea

*JPS 1917:* And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

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[Ezra 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.6/)

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וּבְמַלְכוּת֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת מַלְכוּת֑וֹ כָּתְב֣וּ שִׂטְנָ֔ה עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and in the.reign of.Ahasuerus at the.beginning his.reign his they.wrote an.accusation on the.inhabitants of.Judah and Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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