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# תַּתְּנַי

Biblical Aramaic

**Tatnai** — used 4 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Tatnai [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d9/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תַּתְּנַי: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d9/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Pers. prefect in Syria;—Ezr 5:3, 6; 6:6, 13; Θανθανας, Τανθαναι, A Θαθθαναι; 𝔊L Τανθαναιος, Σισιννης; Σισιννης also 3 Esdr 6:3; 7:26 JosAnt. xi, 12, 89, etc. (Lag Psalt. Hieron 162 n.; AS § 1335 n.; MeyEntst. J. 32 assumes \*OP \*Thithnaya, or Thathnaia); but Uštanni, Uštanu, was prefect in Syria under Darius, according to contr. tablets, v. Strassm Darius 27, 82; names prob. identical; MeissnZAW xvii (1897), 191 f. reads therefore ושׁתני (וַשְׁתָּנִי Hpt), cf. Buhl Gu Ezr-Neh. 63; Scheft94; however, thinks תתני = תסני = OP thāsna, Av. sāsna (teaching), and this transp. in NBab. Uštanu.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Tattenai (3); O Tattenai (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 6:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.13/#tree)

אֱ֠דַיִן תַּתְּנַ֞י פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן לָקֳבֵ֗ל דִּֽי־שְׁלַ֞ח דָּרְיָ֧וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֛א כְּנֵ֖מָא אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא עֲבַֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* then Tattenai the.governor of.the.region.beyond the river Shethar-Bozenai Shethar-Bozenai and associates their (to) before that he.had.sent Darius the king accordingly diligently they.did

*JPS 1917:* Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had thus sent, acted with all diligence.

[Ezra 6:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.6/#tree)

כְּעַ֡ן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֨ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֜ה שְׁתַ֤ר בּוֹזְנַי֙ שְׁתַ֤ר בּוֹזְנַי֙ וּכְנָוָ֣תְה֔וֹןאֲפַרְסְכָיֵ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה רַחִיקִ֥ין הֲו֖וֹ מִן־תַּמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* now O.Tattenai the.governor of.the.region.beyond the river Shethar-Bozenai Shethar-Bozenai and associates their the officials who \[are\].in the.region.beyond the river far be! from there

*JPS 1917:* 'Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharesachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d9.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d9/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).