גזבר

Borrowed from Old Persian *ganzabarah (“treasure-bearer”), from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡizˈbaʁ/

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גִּזְבָּר • (gizbár) m

1. treasurer
   • Tanach, Ezra 1:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיּוֹצִיאֵם כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס עַל־יַד מִתְרְדָת הַגִּזְבָּר וַיִּסְפְּרֵם לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר הַנָּשִׂיא לִיהוּדָה׃

     vayotsi'ém kóresh mélekh parás 'al-yád mitr'dát hagizbár vayisp'rém l'sheshbatsár hanasí lihudá.

     even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Shekalim, section 5.2:

     אֵין פּוֹחֲתִים מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה גִּיזְבָּרִים וּמִשִּׁבְעָה מַרְכּוֹלִים

     'éin pokhatím mish'loshá gizbarím umishiv'á markolím

     There were never fewer than three treasurers and seven supervisors.

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• English: Caspar, Jasper (from Classical Hebrew)