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title: מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל — Meshezabeel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל (4898), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Meshezabeel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל

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«מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Meshezabeel** — 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:** 4898 · **BDB:** מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל

### Glosses

of.Meshezabel (2); Meshezabel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Meshezabeel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4898/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4898/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Jewish name in Persian period (God delivers; from Aramaic שֵׁיזֵיב, ܫܰܘܙܶܒ deliver, Assyrian šûzubu, Shaph. from ezêbu, deliver, DlHWB 35; cf. the Bab. names Mušêzib-Marduk, ‘Marduk delivers’, Mušêzib-ilu, KBii. 281, iv. 129):—grandfather of one of the wall-builders Ne 3:4; one of those sealed 10:22; father of royal officer (a Judaean) 11:24; the relation of these to each other is unknown; 𝔊 Μασεζεβηα, Μεσωζεβηλ, 𝔊L Μασσιζαβελ, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4898/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.22/)

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מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵ֥ל צָד֖וֹק יַדּֽוּעַ׃

*Word for word:* Meshezabel Zadok Jaddua

*JPS 1917:* Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua;

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[Nehemiah 11:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.24/)

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וּפְתַֽחְיָ֨ה בֶּן־מְשֵֽׁיזַבְאֵ֜ל מִבְּנֵי־זֶ֤רַח בֶּן־יְהוּדָה֙ לְיַ֣ד הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְכָל־דָּבָ֖ר לָעָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Pethahiah the.son of.Meshezabel one of.the.descendants of.Zerah the.son of.Judah \[was\].to the.side of the.king to every matter of the people

*JPS 1917:* And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

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