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title: אֶשְׁכָּר — gift · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶשְׁכָּר (814), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: gift. BDB 1906: gift. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶשְׁכָּר

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«אֶשְׁכָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gift** — 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:** 814 · **BDB:** אֶשְׁכָּר²

### Glosses

a.gift (1); tribute (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/814/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

gift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/814/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] gift;—abs. שׁ׳ ψ 72:10 (‖ מִנְחָה); sf. אֶשְׁכָּרֵךְ Ez 27:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «אֶשְׁכָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/814/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 72:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.72.10/)

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מַלְכֵ֬י תַרְשִׁ֣ישׁ וְ֭אִיִּים מִנְחָ֣ה יָשִׁ֑יבוּ מַלְכֵ֥י שְׁבָ֥א וּ֝סְבָ֗א אֶשְׁכָּ֥ר יַקְרִֽיבוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.kings of.Tarshish and.\[the\] islands tribute they.will.pay the.kings of.Sheba and Seba a.gift they.will.bring.near

*JPS 1917:* The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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[Ezekiel 27:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.15/)

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בְּנֵ֤י דְדָן֙ רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ אִיִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים סְחֹרַ֣ת יָדֵ֑ךְ קַרְנ֥וֹת שֵׁן֙ וְהָבְנִ֔ים הֵשִׁ֖יבוּ אֶשְׁכָּרֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Dedan \[were\].your traders islands many \[were\].the.merchandise your.hand your horns of.ivory and ebony they.brought tribute your

*JPS 1917:* The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.

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