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H1896

הֵגֵא

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Hegai

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.3 § Hegai or Hege = "eunuch" one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

הֵגֵא proper name, masculine eunuch of Ahasuerus (probably Persian; compare Ἠγιας, courtier of Xerxes, CtesiasPers 24; also Herodotix. 33; Roed. in Thes Add) Esth 2:3 = הֵגַי Esth 2:8; Esth 2:15, הֵגָ֑י Esth 2:8.

הֵגַי, הֵגָ֑י proper name, masculine see הֵגֵא.

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