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title: אֲחַשְׁתְּרָן — royal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחַשְׁתְּרָן (327), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: royal. BDB 1906: adj. royal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחַשְׁתְּרָן

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«אֲחַשְׁתְּרָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **royal** — 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:** 327 · **BDB:** אֲחַשְׁתְּרָן

### Glosses

royal (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

royal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/327/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. royal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/327/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. (?) royal (from Pers. Khshatřa, lordship, realm, vid. Spiegel l.c. 215) pl. הָאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִים agreeing with הָרֶכֶשׁ Est 8:10, 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «אֲחַשְׁתְּרָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/327/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.14/)

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הָרָצִ֞ים רֹכְבֵ֤י הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים יָֽצְא֛וּ מְבֹהָלִ֥ים וּדְחוּפִ֖ים בִּדְבַ֣ר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהַדָּ֥ת נִתְּנָ֖ה בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* the runners \[who\].rode of the.steed\[s\] (the) royal they.went.out hastened and hurried at the.word of the.king and the law it.was.given in Susa the citadel

*JPS 1917:* So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the castle.

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[Esther 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.10/)

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וַיִּכְתֹּ֗ב בְּשֵׁם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם בְּטַבַּ֣עַת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח סְפָרִ֡ים בְּיַד֩ הָרָצִ֨ים בַּסּוּסִ֜ים רֹכְבֵ֤י הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים בְּנֵ֖י הָֽרַמָּכִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.wrote in the.name of the.king Ahasuerus and he.sealed.\[it\] with the.signet-ring of the.king and he.sent letters by the.hand of.(the) runners on (the) horses \[who\].rode of the.steed\[s\] (the) royal the.sons of the.mares

*JPS 1917:* And they wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud;

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