H8657

תֶּ֫רֶשׁ

te.reshN:N-M-P

Teresh

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.21 § Teresh = "strictness" one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

תֶּ֫רֶשׁ proper name, masculine eunuch at court of Ahasuerus (Scheft58 compare Old Iranian tarša, 'Begierde,' used as proper name in New Persian); — Esth 2:21; Esth 6:2 Θαρ(ρ)ας.


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