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title: עֶזְרָא — Ezra · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶזְרָא (5830), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: Ezra. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Ezra. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶזְרָא

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«עֶזְרָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ezra** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 5830 · **BDB:** עֶזְרָא

### Glosses

Ezra (22)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ezra [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5830/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Ezra [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5830/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Εσρας, Εσδρας, Εζδρας; Ezra Ezr 7:1, 10; 10:1, 2, 5, 6; Ne 8:6; called (ה)סֹּפֵר Ezr 7:6 Ne 8:1, 4, 5, 13; 12:36, הַכֹּהֵן Ezr 10:10, 16; Ne 8:2, 9, both Ezr 7:11; Ne 12:26. priest with Zerub. Ne 12:1, 13. Ne 12:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 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 «עֶזְרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5830/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.33/)

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וַעֲזַרְיָ֥ה עֶזְרָ֖א וּמְשֻׁלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Azariah Ezra and Meshullam

*JPS 1917:* and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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[Nehemiah 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.13/)

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לְעֶזְרָ֣א מְשֻׁלָּ֔ם לַאֲמַרְיָ֖ה יְהוֹחָנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* of Ezra Meshullam of Amariah Jehohanan

*JPS 1917:* of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

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