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# פַּתְשֶׁגֶן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6572

**copy** — used 4 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

copy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6572/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פַּתְשֶׁ֫גֶן: n.m. copy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6572/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. copy (= פַּרְשֶׁגֶן q.v.);—cstr. פּ׳ (הַ)כְּתָב Est 3:14; 4:8; 8:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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: (the) copy (3); \[is\] (the) copy (1).

## In the verses

[Esther 3:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.3.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.3.14/#tree)

פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַכְּתָ֗ב לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן דָּת֙ בְּכָל־מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֔ה גָּל֖וּי לְכָל־הָֽעַמִּ֑ים לִהְי֥וֹת עֲתִדִ֖ים לַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* (the).copy of the.writing \[was\].to be.given law in every province and province displayed to all the peoples to be ready for the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

[Ezra 7:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.11/#tree)

וְזֶ֣ה ׀ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַן֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא לְעֶזְרָ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַסֹּפֵ֑ר סֹפֵ֞ר דִּבְרֵ֧י מִצְוֺת־יְהוָ֛ה וְחֻקָּ֖יו עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* and this \[is\].(the).copy of the.letter which he.gave the king Artaxerxes to Ezra the priest the scribe the.scribe of.the.matters of.the.commandments of.Yahweh and statutes his on Israel

*JPS 1917:* Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of His statutes to Israel:

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6572/): 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).