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title: תִּרְשָׁתָא — Tirshathâ · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּרְשָׁתָא (8660), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Tirshathâ. BDB 1906: n.m. Tirshathâ. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּרְשָׁתָא

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«תִּרְשָׁתָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tirshathâ** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8660 · **BDB:** תִּרְשָׁתָא

### Glosses

governor (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tirshathâ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8660/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. Tirshathâ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8660/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Tirshathâ, title of Persian governor in Judaea, according to MeyEntstehung d. Jud. 194 al. = His Excellency (read Tarshathâ) otherwise LagSymm. i. 60 (cf. Arm, Stud. §§ 280, 1680).—As Meyl.c., Scheft93 f. (tarśta, the feared, revered) MossHast. DB Tirshatha CheEncy. Bib. Id.;—הַתּ׳ Ezr 2:63 = Ne 7:65, Ne 7:69 (Baer Gi; v 70 van d. H.); of Nehemiah Ne 8:9; 10:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּרְשָׁתָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8660/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.2/)

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וְעַ֖ל הַחֲתוּמִ֑ים נְחֶמְיָ֧ה הַתִּרְשָׁ֛תָא בֶּן־חֲכַלְיָ֖ה וְצִדְקִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] on the.sealed \[documents\] Nehemiah the governor the.son of.Hacaliah and Zedekiah

*JPS 1917:* Now those that set their seal were: Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah;

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[Ezra 2:63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.63/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙ לָהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יֹאכְל֖וּ מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים עַ֛ד עֲמֹ֥ד כֹּהֵ֖ן לְאוּרִ֥ים וּלְתֻמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the governor to them (cmp) not they.will.eat any of.the.holy.thing of the.holy.things until will.arise a.priest to Urim and to Thummim

*JPS 1917:* And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

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