H4453

מֶלְצָר

mel.tsarH:N-M

`steward`

guardian, an officer of the court or Melzar - a man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.11; also translated "steward";

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מֶלְצָר noun masculine a Babylonian title; dubious; perhaps guardian ? (SchrCOT Dan 1:11 DlBaer Dn xi conjecture loan-word from Assyrian maƒ(ƒ)aru, keeper, guardian, compare DlHWB 423; hardly connected with (modern) Persian mulsaru 'Kellermeister' (compare Meinh.), see against this Bev); — only with article ׳הַמּ Dan 1:11; Dan 1:16.


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