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title: אַשְׁפְּנַז — Ashpenaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשְׁפְּנַז (828), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ashpenaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשְׁפְּנַז

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«אַשְׁפְּנַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ashpenaz** — 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:** 828 · **BDB:** אַשְׁפְּנַז

### Glosses

Ashpenaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ashpenaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/828/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/828/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. the רַב־סָרִיסִים, chief of eunuchs, of Nebuchadrezzar Dn 1:3 (meaning unknown).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשְׁפְּנַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/828/), 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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