אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

«אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: Ahasuerus — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 31 times · Key: 325 · BDB: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

Glosses

Ahasuerus (26); of.Ahasuerus (5)

Meaning (OSHB)

Ahasuerus tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Ahasuerus tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Ahasuerus = Xerxes (Pers. Khshayârshâ = mighty + eye or man, vid. Spiegel l.c. 216; in Aramaic חשיארש, CISII. i. 122 [b.c. 481]) king of Pers. Ezr 4:6 Est 1:1(×2), 2, 9, 10 + 18 textual Est + Est 10:1 Qr (Kt אחשׁרשׁ); אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ Est 1:16; 2:21; 3:12; 8:7, 10; also Dn 9:1 where made father of ‘Darius the Mede,’ cf. Meinh.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Esther 10:1

וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ ׀ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃

Word for word: and he.put the king Ahasuerus a.tax on the land and the.islands of the.sea

JPS 1917: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Ezra 4:6

וּבְמַלְכוּת֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת מַלְכוּת֑וֹ כָּתְב֣וּ שִׂטְנָ֔ה עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

Word for word: and in the.reign of.Ahasuerus at the.beginning his.reign his they.wrote an.accusation on the.inhabitants of.Judah and Jerusalem

JPS 1917: And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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