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מֶלְצָר

«מֶלְצָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: guardian — 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: 2 times · Key: 4453 · BDB: מֶלְצָר

Glosses

guardian (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

guardian tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. guardian tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. a Bab. title; dubious; perhaps guardian? (SchrCOT Dn 1:11 DlBaer Dn xi conj. loan-word from Assyrian maṣ(ṣ)aru, keeper, guardian, cf. DlHWB 423; hardly connected with (mod.) Pers. mulsaru ‘kellermeister’ (cf. Meinh), v. against this Bevan);—only c. art. הַמּ׳ Dn 1:11, 16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «מֶלְצָר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 1:11

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר דָּנִיֵּ֖אל אֶל־הַמֶּלְצַ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִנָּה֙ שַׂ֣ר הַסָּֽרִיסִ֔ים עַל־דָּנִיֵּ֣אל חֲנַנְיָ֔ה מִֽישָׁאֵ֖ל וַעֲזַרְיָֽה׃

Word for word: and he.said Daniel to the guardian whom he.had.assigned the.chief of the.officials over Daniel Hananiah Mishael and Azariah

JPS 1917: Then said Daniel to the steward, whom the chief of the officers had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

Daniel 1:16

וַיְהִ֣י הַמֶּלְצַ֗ר נֹשֵׂא֙ אֶת־פַּתְבָּגָ֔ם וְיֵ֖ין מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְנֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם זֵרְעֹנִֽים׃

Word for word: and he.was the guardian taking.away (et) delicaci[es] their and the.wine their.drink their and giving to them vegetables

JPS 1917: So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

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