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title: נִיסָן — Nisan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִיסָן (5212), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Nisan. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִיסָן

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«נִיסָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nisan** — 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:** 5212 · **BDB:** נִיסָן

### Glosses

of.Nisan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nisan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5212/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5212/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. of 1st month (loan-wd. from Bab. Nisannu, cf. Schr COT Ne 1:1 Muss-ArnoltJBL xi. 1 (1892), 76; NH = BH; so Nab. Palm. v. Lzb323);—only post-exile: חֹדֶשׁ נ׳ Ne 2:1 Est 3:7 (+ הַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן), = pre-exile הָאָבִיב (חֹדֶשׁ).—On sacredness of Nisan cf. also RSSem. i. 387; 2d ed. 406 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «נִיסָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5212/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.1/)

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וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֗ן שְׁנַ֥ת עֶשְׂרִ֛ים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יַ֣יִן לְפָנָ֑יו וָאֶשָּׂ֤א אֶת־הַיַּ֙יִן֙ וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְלֹא־הָיִ֥יתִי רַ֖ע לְפָנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in the.month of.Nisan year twenty of Artaxerxes the king wine \[was\] before him and I.took (et) the wine and I gave.\[it\] to the king and not I.had.been sad before him

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

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[Esther 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.3.7/)

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בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֔ן בִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ הִפִּ֣יל פּוּר֩ ה֨וּא הַגּוֹרָ֜ל לִפְנֵ֣י הָמָ֗ן מִיּ֧וֹם ׀ לְי֛וֹם וּמֵחֹ֛דֶשׁ לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא־חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* in the month (the) first that \[is\].the.month of.Nisan in year two.plus ten of the king Ahasuerus someone.cast Pur that \[is\].the lot before Haman from day to day and from month to month two.\[plus\] ten that \[is\].the.month of.Adar

*JPS 1917:* In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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