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title: אֶשְׁפָּר — cake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶשְׁפָּר (829), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶשְׁפָּר

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«אֶשְׁפָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cake** — 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:** 829 · **BDB:** אֶשְׁפָּר

### Glosses

a.date-cake (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/829/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 2 S 6:19 = 1 Ch 16:3; 𝔊 2 S 6:19 Aq Symm cake or roll; other Verss. ancient \& mod. have various conjectures, but actual etym. \& meaning unknown; v. LagGGA 1884, No. 7, 262 = M i. 214 DrSm.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «אֶשְׁפָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/829/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 16:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.3/)

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וַיְחַלֵּק֙ לְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁ֑ה לְאִישׁ֙ כִּכַּר־לֶ֔חֶם וְאֶשְׁפָּ֖ר וַאֲשִׁישָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and he.distributed to every (the).person of.Israel from man and unto woman to each a.round.loaf of.bread and a.date-cake and a.raisin-cake

*JPS 1917:* And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a cake made in a pan, and a sweet cake.

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[2 Samuel 6:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.19/)

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וַיְחַלֵּ֨ק לְכָל־הָעָ֜ם לְכָל־הֲמ֣וֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ לְמֵאִ֣ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁה֒ לְאִ֗ישׁ חַלַּ֥ת לֶ֙חֶם֙ אַחַ֔ת וְאֶשְׁפָּ֣ר אֶחָ֔ד וַאֲשִׁישָׁ֖ה אֶחָ֑ת וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.distributed to all the people to all the.multitude of.Israel to from a.man and unto a.woman to each a.cake of.bread one and a.date-cake one and a.raisin-cake one and it.went all the people each to his.own house

*JPS 1917:* And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a cake made in a pan, and a sweet cake. So all the people departed every one to his house.

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