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title: פַּרְסִי — Persian · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּרְסִי (6542), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Persian. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Persian. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּרְסִי

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«פַּרְסִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Persian** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6542 · **BDB:** פַּרְסִי

### Glosses

Persian (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Persian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6542/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Persian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6542/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Persian;—הַפּ׳ Ne 12:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּרְסִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6542/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.22/)

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הַלְוִיִּם֩ בִּימֵ֨י אֶלְיָשִׁ֜יב יוֹיָדָ֤ע וְיוֹחָנָן֙ וְיַדּ֔וּעַ כְּתוּבִ֖ים רָאשֵׁ֣י אָב֑וֹת וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים עַל־מַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ הַפָּֽרְסִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* the Levites in the.days of.Eliashib Joiada and Johanan and Jaddua \[were\].recorded heads of.fathers and the priests on the.reign of.Darius the Persian

*JPS 1917:* The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded heads of fathers' houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.

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