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title: פַּרְתְּמִים — nobles · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּרְתְּמִים (6579), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: nobles. BDB 1906: n.pr.pl. nobles. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּרְתְּמִים

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«פַּרְתְּמִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nobles** — 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:** 6579 · **BDB:** פַּרְתְּמִים

### Glosses

nobles (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nobles [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6579/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.pl. nobles [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6579/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.pl. nobles (loan-word from OPers. fratama, first, SpiegAPK 232, cf. Skr. prathama; LagArm. Stud. § 2289);—הַפּ׳ Est 1:3; 6:9 Dn 1:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 3 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 «פַּרְתְּמִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6579/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.3/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְאַשְׁפְּנַ֖ז רַ֣ב סָרִיסָ֑יו לְהָבִ֞יא מִבְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וּמִזֶּ֥רַע הַמְּלוּכָ֖ה וּמִן־הַֽפַּרְתְּמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the king to Ashpenaz the.chief his.officials his to bring some of.the.people of.Israel and some of.the.offspring of.(the) royalty and some.of the nobles

*JPS 1917:* And the king spoke unto Ashpenaz his chief officer, that he should bring in certain of the children of Israel, and of the seed royal, and of the nobles,

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[Esther 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.3/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֤ת שָׁלוֹשׁ֙ לְמָלְכ֔וֹ עָשָׂ֣ה מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה לְכָל־שָׂרָ֖יו וַעֲבָדָ֑יו חֵ֣יל ׀ פָּרַ֣ס וּמָדַ֗י הַֽפַּרְתְּמִ֛ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת לְפָנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* in year three of reigning his he.made a.feast for all officials his and servants his the.army of.Persia and Media the nobles and the.officials of the.provinces \[were\] before him

*JPS 1917:* in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;

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