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title: מֶלְצָר — guardian · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶלְצָר (4453), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: guardian. BDB 1906: n.m. guardian. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶלְצָר

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«מֶלְצָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **guardian** — 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:** 4453 · **BDB:** מֶלְצָר

### Glosses

guardian (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

guardian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4453/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. guardian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4453/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a Bab. title; dubious; perhaps guardian? (SchrCOT Dn 1:11 DlBaer Dn xi conj. loan-word from Assyrian maṣ(ṣ)aru, keeper, guardian, cf. DlHWB 423; hardly connected with (mod.) Pers. mulsaru ‘kellermeister’ (cf. Meinh), v. against this Bevan);—only c. art. הַמּ׳ Dn 1:11, 16.

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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 «מֶלְצָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4453/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר דָּנִיֵּ֖אל אֶל־הַמֶּלְצַ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִנָּה֙ שַׂ֣ר הַסָּֽרִיסִ֔ים עַל־דָּנִיֵּ֣אל חֲנַנְיָ֔ה מִֽישָׁאֵ֖ל וַעֲזַרְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Daniel to the guardian whom he.had.assigned the.chief of the.officials over Daniel Hananiah Mishael and Azariah

*JPS 1917:* Then said Daniel to the steward, whom the chief of the officers had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

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[Daniel 1:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.16/)

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וַיְהִ֣י הַמֶּלְצַ֗ר נֹשֵׂא֙ אֶת־פַּתְבָּגָ֔ם וְיֵ֖ין מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְנֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם זֵרְעֹנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.was the guardian taking.away (et) delicaci\[es\] their and the.wine their.drink their and giving to them vegetables

*JPS 1917:* So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

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