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title: כֶּתֶר — crown · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּתֶר (3804), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: crown. BDB 1906: n.m. crown. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּתֶר

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«כֶּתֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crown** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3804 · **BDB:** כֶּ֫תֶר

### Glosses

a.crown (2); a.head-dress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crown [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3804/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. crown [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3804/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. crown ((perhaps Pers. loan-word Lag Ges. Abh. 207), NH id.; Aramaic כִּתְרָא; Arabic كَتْرٌ / كِتْرٌ the higher hump of a camel);—always cstr., in combin. כ׳ מַלְכוּת royal crown Est 1:11; 2:17 (both of queen), 6:8 (of king).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֶּתֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3804/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.8/)

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יָבִ֙יאוּ֙ לְב֣וּשׁ מַלְכ֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָֽבַשׁ־בּ֖וֹ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְס֗וּס אֲשֶׁ֨ר רָכַ֤ב עָלָיו֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִתַּ֛ן כֶּ֥תֶר מַלְכ֖וּת בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* let.people.bring clothing of.royalty which he.has.worn on him the king and a.horse which he.has.ridden on it the king and which it.has.been.put a.head-dress of.royalty on head its

*JPS 1917:* let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on whose head a crown royal is set;

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[Esther 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.11/)

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לְ֠הָבִיא אֶת־וַשְׁתִּ֧י הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּכֶ֣תֶר מַלְכ֑וּת לְהַרְא֨וֹת הָֽעַמִּ֤ים וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ אֶת־יָפְיָ֔הּ כִּֽי־טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה הִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* to bring (et) Vashti the queen before the king with a.crown of.royalty to show the peoples and the officials (et) beauty her (dm) \[was\].good of.appearance she

*JPS 1917:* to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

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