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title: שַׁרְבִיט — sceptre · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁרְבִיט (8275), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: sceptre. BDB 1906: n.m. sceptre. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁרְבִיט

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«שַׁרְבִיט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sceptre** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8275 · **BDB:** שַׁרְבִֿיט

### Glosses

the.scepter (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sceptre [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8275/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sceptre [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8275/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. sceptre (expanded from foreg., Ges§ 85 w);—only Est: abs. הַשּׁ׳ 5:2; cstr. שׁ׳ הַוָּהָב 4:11; 5:2; שַׁרְבִט הַוּ׳ 8:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁרְבִיט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8275/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.4/)

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וַיּ֤וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֵ֖ת שַׁרְבִ֣ט הַזָּהָ֑ב וַתָּ֣קָם אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.held.out the king to Esther (et) the.scepter of.(the) gold and she.arose Esther and she.stood before the king

*JPS 1917:* Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

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[Esther 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.2/)

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וַיְהִי֩ כִרְא֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה עֹמֶ֙דֶת֙ בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר נָשְׂאָ֥ה חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיּ֨וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶת־שַׁרְבִ֤יט הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַתִּקְרַ֣ב אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַתִּגַּ֖ע בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.was just as.saw the king (et) Esther the queen standing in the court she.bore favor in eyes his and he.held.out the king to Esther (et) the.scepter of.(the) gold which \[was\].in hand his and she.drew.near Esther and she.touched (in).the top of the.scepter

*JPS 1917:* And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

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