H8370

שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי

she.tar bo.ze.nayN:N-M-P

Shethar-bozenai

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.5.3 § Shethar-boznai = "star of splendour" a Persian officer in the reign of Darius

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שְׁתַר בּוֺזְנַי proper name, masculine Persian official Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6; Ezra 6:13 Σαθαρβουζανα (αι, ε, ης); ᵐ5L Σαθραβωζαης (AndrM 87 * proposes ׳מתרב, Greek Μιθροβουζάνης, = Old Iranian *Mithrabauzana, Mithra is delieverer (or the like), MeyEntst, J.32; Scheft92 f. Old Iranian Šêtharabûzana, empire-delivering; WklMVAG 1887, 281 f. conjecture a title).


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