פֵּשֶׁר
pêsher · H6592 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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meaning, interpretation
Meaning of a saying, dream, or vision
ExamplesEcclesiastes 8:1 Who is like the wise person and who knows the meaning of a matter? A person’s wisdom illuminates his face and makes his stern face brighten up.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- ἑρμηνεία hermēneía · G2058 · translating, interpreting, interpretation
- Standard Greek noun for interpretation/explanation, exact functional equivalent of Hebrew פֵּשֶׁר in the sense of interpretation (especially of dreams/visions). Both terms denote the act or result of making meaning clear.
- ἐπίλυσις epílysis · G1955 · to explain, meaning, explanation
- Greek noun meaning interpretation or solving/explanation, used particularly for interpretation of prophetic or obscure utterances, closely parallel to פֵּשֶׁר's usage in contexts requiring explanation of hidden meaning.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Know002004002007
- פֵּשֶׁר denotes an interpretation or meaning, as of the wise person who alone knows the interpretation of a matter in Ecclesiastes 8:1.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6592. pesher מֵּ֫שֶׁר noun [masculine] solution, interpretation (loan-word from Aramaic…
מֵּ֫שֶׁר noun [masculine] solution, interpretation (loan-word from Aramaic מִּשְׁרָא);-construct ׳פ Ecc 8:1.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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