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# בַּרְזִלַּי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1271

**Barzillai** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Barzillai [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1271/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בַּרְזִלַּי: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1271/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (man of iron no adj. from names of metals; perhaps Aramaic, and בַּר = son, NesZPV xv. 257; AJSL, Apr. 1897, 173) a Gileadite 2 S 17:27; 19:32, 33, 35, 40 1 K 2:7; בַּרְזִלָּי֑ 2 S 19:34; Ezr 2:61 = Ne 7:63 בְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִבְּנוֹת בַּרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל־שְׁמָם, where 2nd Barzillai = above, & former is a priest Ezr 2:61 = Ne 7:63, who adopted name בַּרְזִלַּי. 2 S 21:8 a Meholathite.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Barzillai (6); of Barzillai (6).

## In the verses

[2 Samuel 19:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.34/#tree)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־בַּרְזִלָּ֑י אַתָּה֙ עֲבֹ֣ר אִתִּ֔י וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֥י אֹתְךָ֛ עִמָּדִ֖י בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the king to Barzillai you pass.over with me and I.will.supply you with me in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.'

[2 Samuel 19:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.35/#tree)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר בַּרְזִלַּ֖י אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כַּמָּ֗ה יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י כִּי־אֶעֱלֶ֥ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Barzillai to the king how many? \[are\].the.days of.the.years my.life my (cmp) I.will.go.up with the king Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And Barzillai said unto the king: 'How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1271/): 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).