גזבר
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Persian *ganzabarah (“treasure-bearer”), from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɡizˈbaʁ/
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Noun edit
גִּזְבָּר • (gizbár) m
- treasurer
- Tanach, Ezra 1:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיּוֹצִיאֵם כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס עַל־יַד מִתְרְדָת הַגִּזְבָּר וַיִּסְפְּרֵם לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר הַנָּשִׂיא לִיהוּדָה׃
- vayotsi'ém kóresh mélekh párás 'al-yád mitr'dát hagizbár vayisp'rém l'sheshbatsár hanasí lihudá.
- even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Declension edit
Declension of גִּזְבָּר
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | גִּזְבָּר | first | גִּזְבָּרִי | גִּזְבָּרֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַגִּזְבָּר | second | גִּזְבָּרְךָ | גִּזְבָּרֵךְ | גִּזְבַּרְכֶם | גִּזְבַּרְכֶן | |
construct | גִּזְבַּר־ | third | גִּזְבָּרוֹ | גִּזְבָּרָהּ | גִּזְבָּרָם | גִּזְבָּרָן | |
plural | indefinite | גִּזְבָּרִים | first | גזבריי / גִּזְבָּרַי | גִּזְבָּרֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַגִּזְבָּרִים | second | גִּזְבָּרֶיךָ | גזברייך / גִּזְבָּרַיִךְ | גִּזְבְּרֵיכֶם | גִּזְבְּרֵיכֶן | |
construct | גִּזְבְּרֵי־ | third | גִּזְבָּרָיו | גִּזְבָּרֶיהָ | גִּזְבְּרֵיהֶם | גִּזְבְּרֵיהֶן |