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title: סִיסְרָא — Sisera · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִיסְרָא (5516), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Sisera. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִיסְרָא

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«סִיסְרָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sisera** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 5516 · **BDB:** סִיסְרָא

### Glosses

Sisera (15); of.Sisera (5); \[was\].Sisera (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sisera [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5516/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5516/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (GFM Ju 4:2; PAOS xix (1898), 160 cp. Hittite names in -sira);— general of Jabin, king of Hazor Ju 4:2 + 12 times Ju 4; appar. himself king 5:20, 26, 28, 30; cf. 1 S 12:9 ψ 83:10;—on ס׳ v. GFM Ju, 107 ff.; PAOS l.c.; 𝔊 Σ(ε)ισαρα. בְּנֵי־סִיסְרָא, returned exiles, Ezr 2:53 = Ne 7:55; 𝔊 Σεισαραθ, Σισαρα, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִיסְרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5516/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.53/)

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בְּנֵי־בַרְק֥וֹס בְּֽנֵי־סִֽיסְרָ֖א בְּנֵי־תָֽמַח׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Barkos the.descendants of.Sisera the.descendants of.Temah

*JPS 1917:* the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah;

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[Nehemiah 7:55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.55/)

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בְּנֵי־בַרְק֥וֹס בְּֽנֵי־סִֽיסְרָ֖א בְּנֵי־תָֽמַח׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Barkos the.descendants of.Sisera the.descendants of.Temah

*JPS 1917:* the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah;

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